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30.Dd April 23, 2006
31.Dt IMAX 9
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm imax ,
35.Nm imin ,
36.Nm lmax ,
37.Nm lmin ,
38.Nm max ,
39.Nm min ,
40.Nm ulmax ,
41.Nm ulmin
42.Nd compare integers
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Ft int
45.Fn imax "int a" "int b"
46.Ft int
47.Fn imin "int a" "int b"
48.Ft long
49.Fn lmax "long a" "long b"
50.Ft long
51.Fn lmin "long a" "long b"
52.Ft u_int
53.Fn max "u_int a" "u_int b"
54.Ft u_int
55.Fn min "u_int a" "u_int b"
56.Ft u_long
57.Fn ulmax "u_long a" "u_long b"
58.Ft u_long
59.Fn ulmin "u_long a" "u_long b"
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Fn imin ,
63.Fn lmin ,
64.Fn min ,
65and
66.Fn ulmin
67functions return whichever argument is algebraically smaller, differing only
68in their argument and return types: these functions operate on, respectively,
69natural size, long, unsigned and unsigned long integers.
70.Pp
71The
72.Fn imax ,
73.Fn lmax ,
74.Fn max ,
75and
76.Fn ulmax
77functions are identical except that they return the algebraically larger
78argument between
79.Ar a
80and
81.Ar b .
82