MinValue

Return smallest value in array

Declaration

Source position: math.pp line 484

  function MinValue(const data: Array of Single) : Single;
  function MinValue(const data: PSingle; const N: Integer) : Single;
  function MinValue(const data: Array of Double) : Double;
  function MinValue(const data: PDouble; const N: Integer) : Double;
  function MinValue(const data: Array of Extended) : Extended;
  function MinValue(const data: PExtended; const N: Integer) : Extended;
  function MinValue(const data: Array of Integer) : Integer;
  function MinValue(const Data: PInteger; const N: Integer) : Integer;

Description

Minvalue returns the smallest value in the data array with integer or float values. The return value has the same type as the elements of the array.

The third and fourth forms accept a pointer to an array of N integer or float values.

Errors

None.

See also

Name	Description
maxIntValue	Return largest element in integer array
maxvalue	Return largest value in array
minIntValue	Return smallest value in integer array

Example

program Example31;
{ Program to demonstrate the MinValue function. }
{ Make sure integer is 32 bit}
{$mode objfpc}
uses math;
var i:1..100;
    f_array:array[1..100] of Float;
    i_array:array[1..100] of Integer;
    Pf_array:Pfloat;
    PI_array:Pinteger;
begin
  randomize;
  Pf_array:=@f_array[1];
  Pi_array:=@i_array[1];
  for i:=low(f_array) to high(f_array) do
    f_array[i]:=(random-random)*100;
  for i:=low(i_array) to high(i_array) do
    i_array[i]:=random(I)-random(100);
  Writeln('Min Float       : ',MinValue(f_array):8:4);
  Writeln('Min Float   (b) : ',MinValue(Pf_array,100):8:4);
  Writeln('Min Integer     : ',MinValue(i_array):8);
  Writeln('Min Integer (b) : ',MinValue(Pi_array,100):8);
end.