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The min, max and minmax functions

The min, max and minmax functions

This family of functions allows us to find the minimum and maximum in a set of data. Let's find out how.

Required Headers

The many variations of the min, max, and minmax functions apply to values and initializer lists. These functions need the header <algorithm>. Nearly the same holds for the functions std::move, std::forward and std::swap. You can apply them to arbitrary values. These three functions are defined in the header <utility>.

std::min, std::max and std::minmax

The functions std::min, std::max and ...