ARG_MIN

Calculates the arg value for a minimum val value. If there are several different values of arg for minimum values of val, returns the first of these values encountered.

Syntax

ARG_MIN(arg, val)

Arguments

Arguments	Description
arg	Argument of any data type that Databend supports
val	Value of any data type that Databend supports

Return Type

arg value that corresponds to minimum val value.

matches arg type.

Examples

tip

numbers(N) – A table for test with the single number column (UInt64) that contains integers from 0 to N-1.

Input table:

SELECT sum(number) AS salary, number%3 AS user FROM numbers_mt(10000) GROUP BY user ORDER BY salary ASC;
+----------+------+
| salary   | user |
+----------+------+
| 16661667 |    1 |
| 16665000 |    2 |
| 16668333 |    0 |
+----------+------+

SELECT arg_min(user, salary)  FROM (SELECT sum(number) AS salary, number%3 AS user FROM numbers_mt(10000) GROUP BY user);
+-----------------------+
| arg_min(user, salary) |
+-----------------------+
|                     1 |
+-----------------------+