Min and Max – Python HackerRank Solution

Min and Max Problem

The tool min returns the minimum value along a given axis.

import numpy

my_array = numpy.array([[2, 5], 
                        [3, 7],
                        [1, 3],
                        [4, 0]])

print numpy.min(my_array, axis = 0)         #Output : [1 0]
print numpy.min(my_array, axis = 1)         #Output : [2 3 1 0]
print numpy.min(my_array, axis = None)      #Output : 0
print numpy.min(my_array)                   #Output : 0

By default, the axis value is None. Therefore, it finds the minimum over all the dimensions of the input array.

max

The tool max returns the maximum value along a given axis.

import numpy

my_array = numpy.array([[2, 5], 
                        [3, 7],
                        [1, 3],
                        [4, 0]])

print numpy.max(my_array, axis = 0)         #Output : [4 7]
print numpy.max(my_array, axis = 1)         #Output : [5 7 3 4]
print numpy.max(my_array, axis = None)      #Output : 7
print numpy.max(my_array)                   #Output : 7

By default, the axis value is None. Therefore, it finds the maximum over all the dimensions of the input array.


Task

You are given a 2-D array with dimensions N X M.
Your task is to perform the min function over axis 1 and then find the max of that.

Input Format

The first line of input contains the space separated values of N and M.
The next N lines contains M space separated integers.

Output Format

Compute the min along axis 1 and then print the max of that result.

Sample Input

4 2
2 5
3 7
1 3
4 0

Sample Output

3

Explanation

The min along axis 1 = [2,3,1,0]
The max of  [2,3,1,0]=3 

Code:

import numpy

N,M=map(int,input().split())
A = numpy.array([input().split() for _ in range(N)], int)
print(numpy.max(numpy.min(A, axis=1)))

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