- Abstract
Find the minimum of a set of integers.
- Required_Reading
PLANES
- Brief_I/O
Variable I/O Description
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n I The number of integer values to compare.
... I The numbers to be compared, separated by commas.
- Detailed_Input
n is the number of integer values in the set
whose minimum is to be determined.
... represents a variable argument list. The number of
integer values supplied must be that indicated by n.
The values are separated by commas.
Section 5.2.4.1 of the ANSI C Standard, titled
"Translation Limits," specifies that argument lists
containing at least 31 items must be supported. In
the interest of portability, no more than 30
integer values should be supplied.
- Detailed_Output
The function returns the minimum of the set of input integers.
- Parameters
None.
- Examples
1) Find the minimum of four integer values.
#include "SpiceUsr.h"
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SpiceInt min;
SpiceInt a;
SpiceInt b;
SpiceInt c;
SpiceInt d;
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min = mini_c ( 4, a, b, c, d );
- Restrictions
1) The ANSI C Standard specifies that argument lists containing 31
actual arguments must be supported. Larger sets of values may
not be handled properly by this routine.
- Exceptions
Error free.
1) If n is less than 1, the value 0 is returned.
2) If the number of integer values supplied does not match
the argument n, the action of this routine is not defined.
3) If the number of integer values supplied exceeds 30,
the action of this routine is not defined.
- Files
None.
- Author_and_Institution
N.J. Bachman (JPL)
- Literature_References
1) "American National Standard for Programming Languages---C."
Section 5.4.2.1, "Translation Limits," p. 13.
Published by American National Standards Institute,
11 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10035. Copyright 1990.
- Version
-CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 29-MAR-1999 (NJB)
- Index_Entries
minimum of integer values
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