BigInteger.Min Method
Returns the smaller of two BigInteger values.
Assembly: System.Numerics (in System.Numerics.dll)
Parameters
- left
- Type: System.Numerics.BigInteger
The first value to compare.
- right
- Type: System.Numerics.BigInteger
The second value to compare.
The following example uses the Min method to select the smallest number in an array of BigInteger values.
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.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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