In [1]: import riptable as rt In [2]: rt.__version__ '1.0.38' In [3]: import numpy as np In [4]: ar = np.array([1.0, np.nan, 3.0]) In [5]: np.min(ar) nan In [6]: tmp = rt.Dataset({'f': ar}) In [7]: np.min(tmp['f']) 3.0 In [8]: tmp['f'].min() 3.0