Min - Function Summary

Summary:

Returns the lesser of the two values.

Usage:

min value1 value2

Arguments:

value1 - The value1 argument. (must be: number pair char money date time tuple series)

value2 - The value2 argument. (must be: number pair char money date time tuple series)

Description:

Returns the minimum of two values.

print min 0 100
0

print min 0 -100
-100

print min 4.56 4.2
4.2

The minimum value is computed by comparison, so MIN can also be used for non-numeric datatypes as well.

print min 1.2.3 1.2.8
1.2.3

print min "abc" "abd"
abc

print min 12:00 11:00
11:00

print min 1-Jan-1920 20-Feb-1952
1-Jan-1920

Using min on XY pairs will return the minimum of each X and Y coordinate separately.

print min 100x10 200x20
100x10

Related:

< - Returns TRUE if the first value is less than the second value. > - Returns TRUE if the first value is greater than the second value. max - Returns the greater of the two values. maximum-of - Finds the largest value in a series minimum-of - Finds the smallest value in a series