R/getMin.R

In paularaissa/distStatsServer: Distributed Statistical Computing - Server Side Package

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#' @title Minimum
#' @description Computes the minimum value in the sample according to a study variable.
#' @details Return the minimum of all the values present in their arguments, as integer if all are logical or integer,
#' as double if all are numeric, and character otherwise.
#'
#' The minimum of a numeric empty set is +Inf which ensures transitivity.
#' For numeric x ds.min(x) == +Inf whenever ds.length(x) == 0 (after removing missing values if requested).
#'
#' By definition the min of a numeric vector containing an NaN is NaN, except that the min of any vector containing
#' an NA is NA even if it also contains an NaN. Note that ds.min(NA, Inf) == NA even though the minimum would be Inf whatever
#' the missing value actually is.
#'
#' Character versions are sorted lexicographically. The min of an empty character vector is defined to be character NA.
#' @param x is a study variable.
#' @return The minimum value inside the vector.
#' @author Paula R. Costa e Silva
#' @section Dependencies:
#' \code{\link{getVarByName}}
#' @export
#'

getMin <- function(x) {
  bind.x <- getVarByName(x)
  min <- min(bind.x)
  return(min)
}