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.

ATTRIBUTES¶

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

STANDARDS¶

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY¶

glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO¶

fdim(3), fmax(3)