fmin(3) Library Functions Manual fmin(3) NAME fmin, fminf, fminl - determine minimum of two floating-point numbers LIBRARY Math library (libm, -lm) SYNOPSIS #include 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). +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+ |fmin (), fminf (), fminl () | Thread safety | MT-Safe | +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+ STANDARDS C11, POSIX.1-2008. HISTORY glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001. SEE ALSO fdim(3), fmax(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 fmin(3)