
min(+Number1, +Number2, -Minimum)

   Unifies the minimum of Number1 and Number2 with Minimum.



Arguments
   Number1             A number.
   Number2             A number.
   Minimum             Output: a number.

Type
   Arithmetic

Description
   This predicate is used by the ECLiPSe compiler to expand evaluable
   arithmetic expressions.  So the call to min(Number1, Number2, Minimum)
   is equivalent to

	Minimum is min(Number1, Number2)

    which should be preferred for portability.

   In coroutining mode, if Number1 or Number2 are uninstantiated, the call
   to min/3 is delayed until these variables are instantiated.




Modes and Determinism
   min(+, +, -) is det

Exceptions
     4 --- Number1 or Number2 is not instantiated (non-coroutining mode    only).
    24 --- Number1 or Number2 is not of a numeric type.

Examples
   
    Result is min(5, 2).	% gives Result = 2
    Result is min(2_3, 3_4).	% gives Result = 2_3
    Result is min(5.0, 2.0).	% gives Result = 2.0
    Result is min(5.0, 2).	% gives Result = 2.0 (the types are adjusted)
    Result is min(5_0, 2).	% gives Result = 2_0 (the types are adjusted)


See Also
   is / 2
