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| .TH FMIN 3 2021-03-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| fmin, fminf, fminl \- determine minimum of two floating-point numbers |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <math.h> |
| .PP |
| .BI "double fmin(double " x ", double " y ); |
| .BI "float fminf(float " x ", float " y ); |
| .BI "long double fminl(long double " x ", long double " y ); |
| .fi |
| .PP |
| Link with \fI\-lm\fP. |
| .PP |
| .RS -4 |
| Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see |
| .BR feature_test_macros (7)): |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| .BR fmin (), |
| .BR fminf (), |
| .BR fminl (): |
| .nf |
| _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| These functions return the lesser value of |
| .I x |
| and |
| .IR y . |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| These functions return the minimum of |
| .I x |
| and |
| .IR y . |
| .PP |
| If one argument is a NaN, the other argument is returned. |
| .PP |
| If both arguments are NaN, a NaN is returned. |
| .SH ERRORS |
| No errors occur. |
| .SH VERSIONS |
| These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1. |
| .SH ATTRIBUTES |
| For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see |
| .BR attributes (7). |
| .ad l |
| .nh |
| .TS |
| allbox; |
| lbx lb lb |
| l l l. |
| Interface Attribute Value |
| T{ |
| .BR fmin (), |
| .BR fminf (), |
| .BR fminl () |
| T} Thread safety MT-Safe |
| .TE |
| .hy |
| .ad |
| .sp 1 |
| .SH CONFORMING TO |
| C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR fdim (3), |
| .BR fmax (3) |
