FORTRAN Reference Manual

Intrinsic Functions

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MIN Function

The MIN function returns the smallest number from its argument list.

The table below shows the argument and function type for the MIN generic function

and for its associated specific functions.

Considerations

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All arguments to the MIN function must be of the same type.

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The result type of the MIN function is the same as the type of its arguments.

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You can specify up to 63 arguments to the MIN function. If you need to use more

than 63 arguments, you can distribute the arguments among several MIN functions

and then take the MIN of those functions:

MIN (MIN (a, b, c, ... , x), MIN (a1, b1, c1, ... , x1))

Example of the MIN Function

REAL mon

day = MIN (mon, tues, wed, thu, fri)

Syntax Argument Type Function Type

MIN (x1, ... , xn)

MIN0 (x1, ... , xn) Integer Integer

MIN04 (x1, ... , xn) Integer*4 Integer*4

MIN08 (x1, ... , xn) Integer*8 Integer*8

AMIN0 (x1, ... , xn) Integer Real

AMIN04 (x1, ... , xn) Integer*4 Real

AMIN08 (x1, ... , xn) Integer*8 Real

MIN1 (x1, ... , xn) Real Integer

MIN14 (x1, ... , xn) Real Integer*4

MIN18 (x1, ... , xn) Real Integer*8

AMIN1 (x1, ... , xn) Real Real

DMIN1 (x1, ... , xn) Double Precision Double Precision

Each xi is an arithmetic expression.