fmin(), fminf(), fminl()

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Determine the 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 );

Arguments:

x, y
The numbers that you want to compare.

Library:

libm
The general-purpose math library.
libm-sve
A library that optimizes the code for ARMv8.2 chips that have Scalable Vector Extension hardware.

Your system requirements will determine how you should work with these libraries:

  • If you want only selected processes to run with the SVE version, you can include both libraries in your OS image and use the -l m or -l m-sve option to qcc to link explicitly against the appropriate one.
  • If you want all processes to use the SVE version, include libm-sve.so in your OS image and set up a symbolic link from libm.so to libm-sve.so. Use the -l m option to qcc to link against the library.
Note:
Compile your program with the -fno-builtin option to prevent the compiler from using a built-in version of the function.

Description:

The fmin(), fminf(), and fminl() functions determine the minimum of two floating-point numbers.

To check for error situations, use feclearexcept() and fetestexcept(). For example:

  • Call feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling fmin(), fminf(), or fminl().
  • On return, if fetestexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) is nonzero, then an error has occurred.

Returns:

The minimum of the arguments.

If: These functions return: Errors:
x and y are both NaN NaN
Just one of the arguments is NaN The numeric value

These functions raise FE_INEXACT if the FPU reports that the result can't be exactly represented as a floating-point number.

Classification:

C11, POSIX 1003.1

Safety:
Cancellation pointNo
Signal handlerYes
ThreadYes
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