fminf(3) - Linux man page

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():

_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
or cc -std=c99

Description

These functions 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.

Conforming To

C99, POSIX.1-2001.

See Also

fmax(3)