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fmin(3)

determine minimum of two floating-point numbers

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Synopsis

#include <math.h>
double fmin(double 
x
, double 
y
);
float fminf(float 
x
, float 
y
);
long double fminl(long double 
x
, long double 
y
);
fmin
(), 
fminf
(), 
fminl
():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L

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NAME

fmin, fminf, fminl - determine minimum of two floating-point numbers

LIBRARY

Math library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS

bash

#include <math.h>

bash

double fmin(double \nx\n, double \ny\n);\n
\nfloat fminf(float \nx\n, float \ny\n);\n
\nlong double fminl(long double \nx\n, long double \ny\n);

fmin(), fminf(), fminl():

bash


\n
    _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L

DESCRIPTION

These functions return the lesser value of x and y.

RETURN VALUE

These functions return the minimum of x and y.

If one argument is a NaN, the other argument is returned.

If both arguments are NaN, a NaN is returned.

ERRORS

No errors occur.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
fmin (), fminf (), fminl ()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.