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This function returns the number (subscript) of the FloatNamedArraylist item that
<var>Minimum</var> returns the (numeric) name of the <var>FloatNamedArraylist</var> item that has the minimum value as returned by a specified function. The function applied to each <var>FloatNamedArraylist</var> item, which you specify with the required <var class="term">itemFunction</var> argument, must be a method that operates on the item type and returns a <var class="product">User Language</var> [[Intrinsic classes|intrinsic]] datatype (<var>Float</var>, <var>String</var>, or <var>Unicode</var>) value.
has the minimum value after the application of a specified function to each item.
The function that gets applied to each FloatNamedArraylist item, which
<var>Minimum</var> is available in <var class="product">Sirius Mods</var> version 7.3 and later.
you identify in the argument to Minimum, must be a method
that operates on the item type and returns a User Language intrinsic
datatype (Float, String, Longstring, or Unicode) value.
 
The system intrinsic classes are discussed in "[[Intrinsic classes]]".
Local methods are discussed in [[??]] refid=localm..
 
Minimum is available in ''Sirius Mods'' version 7.3 and later.
==Syntax==
==Syntax==
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===Syntax terms===
===Syntax terms===
<table class="syntaxTable">
<table class="syntaxTable">
<tr><th>%num</th>
<tr><th>%number</th>
<td>A numeric variable to contain the subscript number of the item in the indicated FloatNamedArraylist that has the minimum value after the argument function has been applied. </td></tr>
<td>A numeric variable to contain the name of the item in <var class="term">fltNal</var>, the method <var>FloatNamedArraylist</var> object, that has the minimum value as returned by the argument function. </td></tr>
<tr><th>%fnamrayl</th>
<tr><th>fltNal</th>
<td>A FloatNamedArraylist object. </td></tr>
<td>A <var>FloatNamedArraylist</var> object. </td></tr>
<tr><th>function</th>
<tr><th>itemFunction</th>
<td>A method value (a method name literal, a method variable, or even a method that returns a method value) for a method that operates on objects of the type specified on the ''%fnamrayl'' declaration and that returns a numeric or string value.
<td>A method value (a method name literal, a method variable, or even a method that returns a method value) that operates on objects of the type specified on the <var class="term">fltNal</var> declaration and that returns an intrinsic value.
<p class="code">As of ''Sirius Mods'' version 7.6, the special identity function, <tt>This</tt>, is the default ''function'' value for the Maximum and Minimum methods. See [[Collections#Using the This function as the Maximum parameter|Using the This function as the Maximum parameter]].</td></tr>
</p>
As of <var class="product">Sirius Mods</var> version 7.6, the special identity function, <tt>This</tt>, is the default <var class="term">itemFunction</var> value for the <var>Maximum</var> and <var>Minimum</var> methods. See [[Collections#Using the This function as the Maximum parameter|"Using the This function as the Maximum parameter"]].</td></tr>
</table>
</table>
==Usage notes==
==Usage notes==
<ul>
<ul>
<li>If the function applied by Minimum returns string values, Minimum
<li>If <var class="term">itemFunction</var> returns <var>String</var> or <var>Unicode</var> values, <var>Minimum</var> uses the collating sequence of EBCDIC or Unicode, respectively, to determine which item that has the lowest value.
uses the decimal-equivalent value of the character bytes and determines
If <var class="term">itemFunction</var> returns a numeric type, numeric comparisons are used. See the [[Minimum (NamedArraylist function)#Examples|"example"]] for the <var>NamedArraylist</var> <var>Minimum</var> function.
the number of the item that has the lowest value.
<li>If the values returned by <var class="term">itemFunction</var> for two or more <var>FloatNamedArraylist</var> items are equal, minimum, values, <var>Minimum</var> returns the (numeric) name of that item which is closest to the beginning of the <var>FloatNamedArraylist</var>.
Therefore, lowercase letters are ranked alphabetically and
the minimum lowercase letter is "a";
<li>The <var>[[Maximum (FloatNamedArraylist function)|Maximum]]</var> function is the opposite of the <var>Minimum</var> function.
the uppercase letters are ranked alphabetically and
the minimum uppercase letter is "A";
<li><var class="term">itemFunction</var> is a method value, not a <var class="product">User Language</var> expression.
"z" ranks lower than all the uppercase letters;
That is, you cannot provide a function that itself has an argument (say, <code>ToIntegerPower(2)</code>) as the <var>Minimum</var> parameter.
and all letters rank lower than any number.
Example [[Maximum (Arraylist function)|"Maximum/Minimum with local method"]] shows a way to apply <var>ToIntegerPower</var>
<li>If one or more FloatNamedArraylist items have equal, minimum, values,
with <var>Maximum</var> or <var>Minimum</var> for an <var>Arraylist</var>.
Minimum returns the subscript of the item that appears closest to the beginning
of the FloatNamedArraylist.
<li>The [[Maximum (FloatNamedArraylist function)|Maximum]] function is the opposite of the Minimum function.
<li>The parameter for Minimum is a method value, not a User Language expression.
That is, you cannot provide a function that itself has an argument
(say, <tt>ToIntegerPower(2)</tt>) as the Minimum parameter.
Example "[[Maximum (Arraylist function)|Maximum/Minimum with local method]]" shows a way to apply ToIntegerPower
with Maximum or Minimum for an Arraylist.
</ul>
</ul>
==Examples==
==Examples==
 
<ol>
The following request finds the minimum and maximum
<li>The following request finds the minimum and maximum
differences between the two values that constitute each item
differences between the two values that constitute each item
in the FloatNamedArraylist.
in the <var>FloatNamedArraylist</var>.
A class method is the Minimum and Maximum function parameter.
A class method is the <var>Minimum</var> and <var>Maximum</var> function parameter.
 
For more examples of Minimum and Maximum for collections, see [[Collections#Finding collection maxima and minima, and sorting|Finding collection maxima and minima, and sorting]].
<p class="code">b
<p class="code">b
class annual
class annual
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  function myprint is string len 24
  function myprint is string len 24
  function chg is float
  function chg is float
</p>
end public
end public
 
constructor newa (%beg is float, %end is float)
constructor newa (%beg is float, %end is float)
<p class="code">%ybegin = %beg
  %ybegin = %beg
%yend = %end
  %yend = %end
</p>
end constructor
end constructor
 
function myprint is string len 24
function myprint is string len 24
<p class="code">return 'ybegin=' with %ybegin with ', ' -
  return 'ybegin=' with %ybegin with ', ' -
  with 'yend=' with %yend
      with 'yend=' with %yend
</p>
end function
end function
 
function chg is float
function chg is float
<p class="code">%chg is float
  %chg is float
%chg = %yend - %ybegin
  %chg = %yend - %ybegin
return %chg
  return %chg
</p>
end function
end function
 
End class
End class
 
%fann is floatnamedArraylist of object annual
%fann is floatnamedArraylist of object annual
%fann = new
%fann = new
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%fann(13) = newa(141, 182)
%fann(13) = newa(141, 182)
%fann(11) = newa(131, 115)
%fann(11) = newa(131, 115)
 
%i is float
%i is float
for %i from 1 to %fann:count
for %i from 1 to %fann:count
<p class="code">print %fann:namebynumber(%i) With ': ' -
  print %fann:namebynumber(%i) With ': ' -
With %fann:itembynumber(%i):myprint
      With %fann:itembynumber(%i):myprint
</p>
end for
end for
 
print 'item ' %fann:minimum(chg) ' has the minimum increase'
print 'item ' %fann:minimum(chg) ' has the minimum increase'
print 'item ' %fann:maximum(chg) ' has the maximum increase'
print 'item ' %fann:maximum(chg) ' has the maximum increase'
 
end
end
</p>
</p>
 
The result is.
The result is.
<p class="output">11: ybegin=131, yend=115
<p class="output">11: ybegin=131, yend=115
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item 13 has the maximum increase
item 13 has the maximum increase
</p>
</p>
<li>For more examples, see the <var>NamedArraylist</var> <var>Minimum</var> [[Minimum (NamedArraylist function)#Examples|"Examples"]] and
[[Collections#Finding collection maxima and minima, and sorting|"Finding collection maxima and minima, and sorting"]].
</ol>
==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 23:11, 10 August 2012

Name of item with minimum value or minimum value of function applied to items (FloatNamedArraylist class)


Minimum returns the (numeric) name of the FloatNamedArraylist item that has the minimum value as returned by a specified function. The function applied to each FloatNamedArraylist item, which you specify with the required itemFunction argument, must be a method that operates on the item type and returns a User Language intrinsic datatype (Float, String, or Unicode) value.

Minimum is available in Sirius Mods version 7.3 and later.

Syntax

%number = fltNal:Minimum[( [itemFunction])]

Syntax terms

%number A numeric variable to contain the name of the item in fltNal, the method FloatNamedArraylist object, that has the minimum value as returned by the argument function.
fltNal A FloatNamedArraylist object.
itemFunction A method value (a method name literal, a method variable, or even a method that returns a method value) that operates on objects of the type specified on the fltNal declaration and that returns an intrinsic value. As of Sirius Mods version 7.6, the special identity function, This, is the default itemFunction value for the Maximum and Minimum methods. See "Using the This function as the Maximum parameter".

Usage notes

  • If itemFunction returns String or Unicode values, Minimum uses the collating sequence of EBCDIC or Unicode, respectively, to determine which item that has the lowest value. If itemFunction returns a numeric type, numeric comparisons are used. See the "example" for the NamedArraylist Minimum function.
  • If the values returned by itemFunction for two or more FloatNamedArraylist items are equal, minimum, values, Minimum returns the (numeric) name of that item which is closest to the beginning of the FloatNamedArraylist.
  • The Maximum function is the opposite of the Minimum function.
  • itemFunction is a method value, not a User Language expression. That is, you cannot provide a function that itself has an argument (say, ToIntegerPower(2)) as the Minimum parameter. Example "Maximum/Minimum with local method" shows a way to apply ToIntegerPower with Maximum or Minimum for an Arraylist.

Examples

  1. The following request finds the minimum and maximum differences between the two values that constitute each item in the FloatNamedArraylist. A class method is the Minimum and Maximum function parameter.

    b class annual public variable ybegin is float variable yend is float constructor newa (%beg is float, %end is float) function myprint is string len 24 function chg is float end public constructor newa (%beg is float, %end is float) %ybegin = %beg %yend = %end end constructor function myprint is string len 24 return 'ybegin=' with %ybegin with ', ' - with 'yend=' with %yend end function function chg is float %chg is float %chg = %yend - %ybegin return %chg end function End class %fann is floatnamedArraylist of object annual %fann = new %fann(12) = newa(621, 650) %fann(14) = newa(334, 343) %fann(15) = newa(288, 276) %fann(13) = newa(141, 182) %fann(11) = newa(131, 115) %i is float for %i from 1 to %fann:count print %fann:namebynumber(%i) With ': ' - With %fann:itembynumber(%i):myprint end for print 'item ' %fann:minimum(chg) ' has the minimum increase' print 'item ' %fann:maximum(chg) ' has the maximum increase' end

    The result is.

    11: ybegin=131, yend=115 12: ybegin=621, yend=650 13: ybegin=141, yend=182 14: ybegin=334, yend=343 15: ybegin=288, yend=276 item 11 has the minimum increase item 13 has the maximum increase

  2. For more examples, see the NamedArraylist Minimum "Examples" and "Finding collection maxima and minima, and sorting".

See also