1.\" $NetBSD: imax.9,v 1.3 2008/04/30 13:10:58 martin Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Igor Sobrado 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Matt THomas. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 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