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Enumerable.Min Method (IEnumerable<Decimal>)

.NET Framework 3.5

Other Versions

Returns the minimum value in a sequence of Decimal values.

Namespace: System.Linq
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)

Syntax

C++

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public static decimal Min(
	this IEnumerable<decimal> source
)

Parameters

source: Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<Decimal>
A sequence of Decimal values to determine the minimum value of.

Return Value

Type: System.Decimal
The minimum value in the sequence.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerable<Decimal>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	source is null.
InvalidOperationException	source contains no elements.

Remarks

The Min(IEnumerable<Decimal>) method uses the Decimal implementation of IComparable<T> to compare values.

In Visual Basic query expression syntax, an Aggregate Into Min() clause translates to an invocation of Min.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use Min(IEnumerable<Double>) to determine the minimum value in a sequence.

Note:
This code example uses an overload of this overloaded method that is different from the specific overload that this topic describes. To extend the example to this topic, substitute the elements of the source sequence with elements of the appropriate numerical type.

double[] doubles = { 1.5E+104, 9E+103, -2E+103 };

double min = doubles.Min();

Console.WriteLine("The smallest number is {0}.", min);

/*
 This code produces the following output:

 The smallest number is -2E+103.
*/

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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