1.\" $NetBSD: imax.9,v 1.8 2024/07/10 07:08:37 rin Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Igor Sobrado 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 15.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 16.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 17.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 18.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 20.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 21.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 22.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 23.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 24.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 25.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 26.\" 27.Dd July 10, 2024 28.Dt IMAX 9 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm imax , 32.Nm imin , 33.Nm lmax , 34.Nm lmin , 35.Nm uimax , 36.Nm uimin , 37.Nm ulmax , 38.Nm ulmin 39.Nd compare integers 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41.Ft int 42.Fn imax "int a" "int b" 43.Ft int 44.Fn imin "int a" "int b" 45.Ft long 46.Fn lmax "long a" "long b" 47.Ft long 48.Fn lmin "long a" "long b" 49.Ft u_int 50.Fn uimax "u_int a" "u_int b" 51.Ft u_int 52.Fn uimin "u_int a" "u_int b" 53.Ft u_long 54.Fn ulmax "u_long a" "u_long b" 55.Ft u_long 56.Fn ulmin "u_long a" "u_long b" 57.Sh DESCRIPTION 58The 59.Fn imin , 60.Fn lmin , 61.Fn uimin , 62and 63.Fn ulmin 64functions return whichever argument is algebraically smaller, differing only 65in their argument and return types: these functions operate on, respectively, 66natural size, long, unsigned and unsigned long integers. 67.Pp 68The 69.Fn imax , 70.Fn lmax , 71.Fn uimax , 72and 73.Fn ulmax 74functions are identical except that they return the algebraically larger 75argument between 76.Ar a 77and 78.Ar b . 79.Sh SEE ALSO 80.Xr ilog2 3 81