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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org>
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.Dd April 11, 2026
.Dt FMAX 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm fmax ,
.Nm fmaxf ,
.Nm fmaxl ,
.Nm fmin ,
.Nm fminf ,
.Nm fminl
.Nd floating-point maximum and minimum functions
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libm
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In math.h
.Ft double
.Fn fmax "double x" "double y"
.Ft float
.Fn fmaxf "float x" "float y"
.Ft "long double"
.Fn fmaxl "long double x" "long double y"
.Ft double
.Fn fmin "double x" "double y"
.Ft float
.Fn fminf "float x" "float y"
.Ft "long double"
.Fn fminl "long double x" "long double y"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn fmax ,
.Fn fmaxf ,
and
.Fn fmaxl
functions return the larger of
.Fa x
and
.Fa y ,
and likewise, the
.Fn fmin ,
.Fn fminf ,
and
.Fn fminl
functions return the smaller of
.Fa x
and
.Fa y .
If one argument is an \*(Na, then the other argument is returned.
If both arguments are \*(Nas, then the result is an \*(Na.
These routines do not raise any floating-point exceptions.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fabs 3 ,
.Xr fdim 3 ,
.Xr math 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn fmax ,
.Fn fmaxf ,
.Fn fmaxl ,
.Fn fmin ,
.Fn fminf ,
and
.Fn fminl
functions conform to
.St -isoC-99 .
.Sh CAVEATS
The library implementations of these functions treat
.Li +0.0
as being larger than
.Li -0.0 .
This behavior is not specified by the C standard, is not portable,
and may not occur in light of compiler optimizations.
Applications requiring specific handling of signed zeroes or
.No \*(Na
values are recommended to use
.Xr fmaximum_num 3
and
.Xr fminimum_num 3
instead, which have strictly defined behavior for these cases.
.Sh HISTORY
These routines first appeared in
.Fx 5.3 .
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