fmin Function

Returns the value of the smaller argument.

Include

<math.h>

Prototype

double fmin(double x, double y);

Argument

x

any double precision floating-point number

y

any double precision floating-point number

Return Value

Returns the value of the smaller argument.

Example

#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  double x, y, z;

  x = -5.7;
  y = 2.0;
  z = fmin(x, y);
  printf("The smaller of %f and %f is %f\n", x, y, z);
}

Example Output

The larger of -5.700000 and 2.000000 is -5.700000