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+#' @title Minimum (MATLAB version)
+#' @description Finds the minimum value for each column of a matrix, potentially returning the indices instead
+#' @param X matrix
+#' @param indices return indices?
+#' @return Either a list or a vector
+#' @author Waldir Leoncio
+#' @export
+min_MATLAB <- function(X, indices = TRUE) {
+	mins <- apply(X, 2, min)
+	idx  <- sapply(seq_len(ncol(X)), function(x) match(mins[x], X[, x]))
+	if (indices) {
+		return(list(mins = mins, idx = idx))
+	} else {
+		return(mins)
+	}
+}
+
+#' @title Minimum (MATLAB version)
+#' @description Finds the minimum value for each column of a matrix, potentially returning the indices instead
+#' @param X matrix
+#' @param indices return indices?
+#' @return Either a list or a vector
+#' @author Waldir Leoncio
+#' @export
+min_MATLAB <- function(X, indices = TRUE) {
+	mins <- apply(X, 2, min)
+	idx  <- sapply(seq_len(ncol(X)), function(x) match(mins[x], X[, x]))
+	if (indices) {
+		return(list(mins = mins, idx = idx))
+	} else {
+		return(mins)
+	}
+}
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+#' @title Minimum (MATLAB version)
+#' @description Finds the minimum value for each column of a matrix, potentially returning the indices instead
+#' @param X matrix
+#' @param indices return indices?
+#' @return Either a list or a vector
+#' @author Waldir Leoncio
+#' @export
+min_MATLAB <- function(X, indices = TRUE) {
+	mins <- apply(X, 2, min)
+	idx  <- sapply(seq_len(ncol(X)), function(x) match(mins[x], X[, x]))
+	if (indices) {
+		return(list(mins = mins, idx = idx))
+	} else {
+		return(mins)
+	}
+}
+
+#' @title Maximum (MATLAB version)
+#' @description Finds the minimum value for each column of a matrix, potentially returning the indices instead
+#' @param X matrix
+#' @param indices return indices?
+#' @return Either a list or a vector
+#' @author Waldir Leoncio
+#' @export
+max_MATLAB <- function(X, indices = TRUE) {
+	maxs <- apply(X, 2, max)
+	idx  <- sapply(seq_len(ncol(X)), function(x) match(maxs[x], X[, x]))
+	if (indices) {
+		return(list(maxs = maxs, idx = idx))
+	} else {
+		return(maxs)
+	}
+}
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