fmin - Man Page

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);

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.

Attributes

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

InterfaceAttributeValue
fmin(), fminf(), fminl()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.

See Also

fdim(3), fmax(3)

Referenced By

fmax(3), MAX(3).

The man pages fminf(3) and fminl(3) are aliases of fmin(3).

2023-10-31 Linux man-pages 6.7