MIN (The GNU Fortran Compiler)

### 8.203 `MIN` — Minimum value of an argument list ¶

Synopsis:

  `RESULT = MIN(A1, A2 [, A3, ...])`

Description:

  Returns the argument with the smallest (most negative) value.

Class:

  Elemental function

Arguments:

  A1 | The type shall be `INTEGER`, `REAL` or `UNSIGNED`.
  A2, A3, ... | An expression of the same type and kind as A1. (As a GNU extension, arguments of different kinds are permitted.)

Return value:

  The return value corresponds to the minimum value among the arguments, and has the same type and kind as the first argument.

Specific names:

  Name | Argument | Return type | Standard
  --- | --- | --- | ---
  `MIN0(A1)` | `INTEGER(4) A1` | `INTEGER(4)` | Fortran 77 and later
  `AMIN0(A1)` | `INTEGER(4) A1` | `REAL(4)` | Fortran 77 and later
  `MIN1(A1)` | `REAL A1` | `INTEGER(4)` | Fortran 77 and later
  `AMIN1(A1)` | `REAL(4) A1` | `REAL(4)` | Fortran 77 and later
  `DMIN1(A1)` | `REAL(8) A1` | `REAL(8)` | Fortran 77 and later

Standard:

  Fortran 77 and later, extension for `UNSIGNED` (see Unsigned integers)

See also:

  `MAX` — Maximum value of an argument list,
  `MINLOC` — Location of the minimum value within an array,
  `MINVAL` — Minimum value of an array