THE PACKAGE JAVA.LANG

java.lang.Math

20.11

20.11.28

public static double min(double a, double b)

Of two evils I have chose the least.

 Matthew Prior (1664 1721),

Imitation of Horace

The result is the smaller of the two arguments that is, the one closer to negative

infinity. If the arguments have the same value, the result is that same value.

Special cases:

If one argument is positive zero and the other is negative zero, the result is

negative zero.

If either argument is NaN, the result is NaN.

[This specification for the method

min

 is scheduled for introduction in Java

version 1.1. In previous versions of Java,

min(0.0d,  0.0d)

returns

0.0d

, which

is not correct.]

20.11.29

public static int max(int a, int b)

The result is the larger of the two arguments that is, the one closer to the value of

Integer.MAX_VALUE

 ( 20.7.2). If the arguments have the same value, the result

is that same value.

20.11.30

public static long max(long a, long b)

The result is the larger of the two arguments that is, the one closer to the value of

Long.MAX_VALUE

 ( 20.8.2). If the arguments have the same value, the result is

that same value.

20.11.31

public static float max(float a, float b)

The result is the larger of the two arguments that is, the one closer to positive

infinity. If the arguments have the same value, the result is that same value.

Special cases:

If one argument is positive zero and the other is negative zero, the result is

positive zero.

If either argument is NaN, the result is NaN.

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