NAME¶

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

LIBRARY¶

Math library (libm, -lm)

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

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 were added in glibc 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES¶

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

STANDARDS¶

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

SEE ALSO¶

fdim(3), fmax(3)