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NAME

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

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);

Link with -lm.

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see *feature_test_macros*(7)):

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

      _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.

VERSIONS

These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES

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

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

CONFORMING TO

C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

SEE ALSO

*fdim*(3), *fmax*(3)

COLOPHON

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Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-20 Sun 15:43