IMAX(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, this is the IMAX(9) page from the Kernel Developer's Manual, section 9 energy ✨. The whole squad is imax, imin, lmax, lmin, uimax, uimin, ulmax, ulmin — and their whole thing is compare integers. periodt 💅.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the exact signature lineup, no cap — copy-paste clean and everything 🫶:

int
imax(int a, int b);

int
imin(int a, int b);

long
lmax(long a, long b);

long
lmin(long a, long b);

u_int
uimax(u_int a, u_int b);

u_int
uimin(u_int a, u_int b);

u_long
ulmax(u_long a, u_long b);

u_long
ulmin(u_long a, u_long b);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the min girlies — imin(), lmin(), uimin(), and ulmin() — are literally here to return whichever argument is algebraically smaller 🌱. They only differ in their argument and return types, bestie: these functions operate on, respectively, natural size, long, unsigned, and unsigned long integers. cute, consistent, iconic 💖.

the max crew — imax(), lmax(), uimax(), and ulmax() — are identical except that they return the algebraically larger argument between a and b 🔥. same energy, opposite direction, slay 👑.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

also go peek at ilog2(3) — that's the whole SEE ALSO moment, iykyk 🦋.

mwah 💋 — this lil beauty comes from Debian, dated July 10, 2024, and it's the IMAX(9) page. byeee 🫶