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.Dd June 29, 2004
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.Dt FMAX 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm fmax ,
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.Nm fmaxf ,
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.Nm fmaxl ,
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.Nm fmin ,
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.Nm fminf ,
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.Nm fminl
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.Nd floating-point maximum and minimum functions
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libm
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In math.h
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.Ft double
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.Fn fmax "double x" "double y"
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.Ft float
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.Fn fmaxf "float x" "float y"
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.Ft "long double"
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.Fn fmaxl "long double x" "long double y"
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.Ft double
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.Fn fmin "double x" "double y"
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.Ft float
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.Fn fminf "float x" "float y"
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.Ft "long double"
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.Fn fminl "long double x" "long double y"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn fmax ,
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.Fn fmaxf ,
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and
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.Fn fmaxl
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functions return the larger of
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.Fa x
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and
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.Fa y ,
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and likewise, the
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.Fn fmin ,
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.Fn fminf ,
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and
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.Fn fminl
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functions return the smaller of
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.Fa x
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and
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.Fa y .
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They treat
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.Li +0.0
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as being larger than
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.Li -0.0 .
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If one argument is an \*(Na, then the other argument is returned.
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If both arguments are \*(Nas, then the result is an \*(Na.
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These routines do not raise any floating-point exceptions.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr fabs 3 ,
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.Xr fdim 3 ,
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.Xr math 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn fmax ,
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.Fn fmaxf ,
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.Fn fmaxl ,
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.Fn fmin ,
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.Fn fminf ,
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and
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.Fn fminl
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functions conform to
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.St -isoC-99 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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These routines first appeared in
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.Fx 5.3 .
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