Min max sparse

doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.0.rst

@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ Sparse
 
 - Bug in :meth:`DataFrame.sparse.to_coo` raising ``KeyError`` with columns that are a numeric :class:`Index` without a 0 (:issue:`18414`)
 - Bug in :meth:`SparseArray.astype` with ``copy=False`` producing incorrect results when going from integer dtype to floating dtype (:issue:`34456`)
--
+- Bug in :meth:`max` and `min` for SparseArrat type do not exist (:issue:`40921`)
 
 ExtensionArray
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

pandas/core/arrays/sparse/array.py

@@ -1392,6 +1392,24 @@ def mean(self, axis=0, *args, **kwargs):
  nsparse = self.sp_index.ngaps
  return (sp_sum + self.fill_value * nsparse) / (ct + nsparse)
 
+
+ def max(self, axis=0, *args, **kwargs):
+ nv.validate_max(args, kwargs)
+
+ if self.sp_index.ngaps > 0 and np.all(self._valid_sp_values < 0):
+ return 0
+ else:
+ return np.amax(self._valid_sp_values, axis)
+
+
+ def min(self, axis=0, *args, **kwargs):
+ nv.validate_min(args, kwargs)
+
+ if self.sp_index.ngaps > 0 and np.all(self._valid_sp_values > 0):
+ return 0
+ else:
+ return np.amin(self._valid_sp_values, axis)
+
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Ufuncs
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------

pandas/tests/arrays/sparse/test_array.py

@@ -1311,3 +1311,17 @@ def test_dropna(fill_value):
  df = pd.DataFrame({"a": [0, 1], "b": arr})
  expected_df = pd.DataFrame({"a": [1], "b": exp}, index=pd.Int64Index([1]))
  tm.assert_equal(df.dropna(), expected_df)
+
+
+def test_maxmin():
+ data = np.arange(10).astype(float)
+ max_out = SparseArray(data).max()
+ min_out = SparseArray(data).min()
+ assert max_out == 9
+ assert min_out == 0
+
+ data = data * (-1)
+ max_out = SparseArray(data).max()
+ min_out = SparseArray(data).min()
+ assert max_out == 0
+ assert min_out == -9