
min(+Number1, +Number2, -Minimum)

   Unifies the minimum of Number1 and Number2 with Minimum.



Arguments
   Number1             A number.
   Number2             A number.
   Minimum             A variable or 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
   
Success:
      min(5, 2, 2).
      min(2_3, 3_4, 2_3).
      min(5.0 , 2.0, 2.0).
      min(5.0, 2, 2.0).         (The types are adjusted)
      min(5_0, 2, 2_0).         (The types are adjusted)
Fail:
      min(1, 2, 3).
      min(1, 2, 2.0).
      min(5, 2.0, 5).
      min(5, 2, r).
Error:
      min(A, 2, 6).             (Error 4).
      min(4 - 2, 3, 3).         (Error 24).





See Also
   is / 2
