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<h3 class="section">8.170 <code>MIN</code> — Minimum value of an argument list</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:<dd>Returns the argument with the smallest (most negative) value.
<br><dt><em>Standard</em>:<dd>Fortran 77 and later
<br><dt><em>Class</em>:<dd>Elemental function
<br><dt><em>Syntax</em>:<dd><code>RESULT = MIN(A1, A2 [, A3, ...])</code>
<br><dt><em>Arguments</em>:<dd>
<p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>A1</var> </td><td valign="top" width="70%">The type shall be <code>INTEGER</code> or
<code>REAL</code>.
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>A2</var>, <var>A3</var>, ... </td><td valign="top" width="70%">An expression of the same type and kind
as <var>A1</var>. (As a GNU extension, arguments of different kinds are
permitted.)
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<br><dt><em>Return value</em>:<dd>The return value corresponds to the maximum value among the arguments,
and has the same type and kind as the first argument.
<br><dt><em>Specific names</em>:<dd>
<p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%">Name </td><td valign="top" width="20%">Argument </td><td valign="top" width="20%">Return type </td><td valign="top" width="25%">Standard
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>MIN0(A1)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>INTEGER(4) A1</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>INTEGER(4)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="25%">Fortran 77 and later
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>AMIN0(A1)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>INTEGER(4) A1</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>REAL(4)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="25%">Fortran 77 and later
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>MIN1(A1)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>REAL A1</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>INTEGER(4)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="25%">Fortran 77 and later
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>AMIN1(A1)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>REAL(4) A1</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>REAL(4)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="25%">Fortran 77 and later
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>DMIN1(A1)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>REAL(8) A1</code> </td><td valign="top" width="20%"><code>REAL(8)</code> </td><td valign="top" width="25%">Fortran 77 and later
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<br><dt><em>See also</em>:<dd><a href="MAX.html#MAX">MAX</a>, <a href="MINLOC.html#MINLOC">MINLOC</a>, <a href="MINVAL.html#MINVAL">MINVAL</a>
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