BigInteger.Min(BigInteger, BigInteger) Method

Definition

Returns the smaller of two BigInteger values.

C#
public static System.Numerics.BigInteger Min(System.Numerics.BigInteger left, System.Numerics.BigInteger right);

Parameters

left
BigInteger

The first value to compare.

right
BigInteger

The second value to compare.

Returns

The left or right parameter, whichever is smaller.

Implements

Examples

The following example uses the Min method to select the smallest number in an array of BigInteger values.

C#
using System;
using System.Numerics;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      BigInteger[] numbers = { Int64.MaxValue * BigInteger.MinusOne,
                               BigInteger.MinusOne,
                               10359321239000,
                               BigInteger.Pow(103988, 2),
                               BigInteger.Multiply(Int32.MaxValue, Int16.MaxValue),
                               BigInteger.Add(BigInteger.Pow(Int64.MaxValue, 2),
                                              BigInteger.Pow(Int32.MaxValue, 2)),
                               BigInteger.Zero };
      if (numbers.Length < 2)
      {
         Console.WriteLine("Cannot determine which is the smaller of {0} numbers.",
                            numbers.Length);
         return;
      }

      BigInteger smallest = numbers[numbers.GetLowerBound(0)];

      for (int ctr = numbers.GetLowerBound(0) + 1; ctr <= numbers.GetUpperBound(0); ctr++)
         smallest = BigInteger.Min(smallest, numbers[ctr]);

      Console.WriteLine("The values:");
      foreach (BigInteger number in numbers)
         Console.WriteLine("{0,55:N0}", number);

      Console.WriteLine("\nThe smallest number of the series is:");
      Console.WriteLine("   {0:N0}", smallest);
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       The values:
//                                    -9,223,372,036,854,775,807
//                                                            -1
//                                            10,359,321,239,000
//                                                10,813,504,144
//                                            70,366,596,661,249
//            85,070,591,730,234,615,852,008,593,798,364,921,858
//                                                             0
//
//       The smallest number of the series is:
//          -9,223,372,036,854,775,807.

Remarks

This method corresponds to the Math.Min method for primitive numeric types.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also