# Is there in Julia something similar to min(X, Y) of Matlab where X and Y are matrices of same dimensions

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**Category:** Numerics\
**Created:** [January 17, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-in-julia-something-similar-to-min-x-y-of-matlab-where-x-and-y-are-matrices-of-same-dimensions/33475 "2020-01-17T08:26:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ujku\_KU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ujku_ku/32/13159_2.png) [@Ujku\_KU](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ujku_KU)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-in-julia-something-similar-to-min-x-y-of-matlab-where-x-and-y-are-matrices-of-same-dimensions/33475/1 "2020-01-17T08:26:35Z")

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Hi guys, just wondering if there is a function in Julia similar to

min(X, Y) (where X and Y are matrices of same dimension)

of Matlab. The result is a matrix of the same dimensions as X and Y with elements that are the minimum of the elements in X and Y in corresponding position.

Thank you very much in advance.

Cheers.

Ergnoor

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**Author:** ![dlfivefifty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dlfivefifty/32/1959_2.png) [@dlfivefifty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dlfivefifty)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-in-julia-something-similar-to-min-x-y-of-matlab-where-x-and-y-are-matrices-of-same-dimensions/33475/2 "2020-01-17T08:30:31Z")

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```nohighlight
min.(X,Y)

```

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**Author:** ![Ujku\_KU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ujku_ku/32/13159_2.png) [@Ujku\_KU](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ujku_KU)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-in-julia-something-similar-to-min-x-y-of-matlab-where-x-and-y-are-matrices-of-same-dimensions/33475/3 "2020-01-17T08:33:23Z")

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hi Sheehan Olver and thank you very much. Cheers. Ergnoor.

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**Author:** ![juliohm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/juliohm/32/215266_2.png) [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-in-julia-something-similar-to-min-x-y-of-matlab-where-x-and-y-are-matrices-of-same-dimensions/33475/4 "2020-01-17T10:14:58Z")

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To give you more context, “any” function `f` in Julia that works for numbers, also works for arrays of numbers via the dot syntax `f.(x,y,z,...)`

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**Author:** ![Ujku\_KU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ujku_ku/32/13159_2.png) [@Ujku\_KU](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ujku_KU)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-in-julia-something-similar-to-min-x-y-of-matlab-where-x-and-y-are-matrices-of-same-dimensions/33475/5 "2020-01-21T06:25:17Z")

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@juliohm hi Julio and thank you very much for your help. Cheers Ergnoor.