min

Return the numerically smallest value in the list.

תקציר

my $lo = min @values;
my $lo = min 3, 9, 12;           # 3

מה מוחזר

A single number. If every argument is an integer the result is returned as an integer; otherwise it is returned as a float. An empty list yields undef.

דוגמאות

my $n = min 1..10;               # 1
my $n = min @bar, @baz;          # smallest across concatenated lists
my $n = min();                   # undef

מקרי קצה

• Empty list returns undef.

• Strings are compared numerically (use minstr for lexical order).

הבדלים מן ה-upstream

Fully compatible with upstream.

ראו גם

• max - the numerical maximum counterpart.

• minstr - string-wise minimum (lt semantics).

• reduce - custom minima (e.g. by a key function).