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intmin

Smallest value of specific integer type

Description

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v = intmin returns the smallest value of the 32-bit signed integer type.

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v = intmin(type) returns the smallest value of the specified integer type. When you convert a value that is smaller than intmin(type) into the integer type type, the value becomes intmin(type).

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v = intmin("like",p) returns the smallest value of the integer type with the same data type and complexity (real or complex) as the integer variable p.

Examples

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Return the smallest value of the 32-bit signed integer type.

v = intmin
v = int32
    -2147483648

Return the smallest value of the 64-bit unsigned integer type.

v = intmin("uint64")
v = uint64
    0

Check the class of v.

class(v)
ans = 
'uint64'

Return the smallest value of the 8-bit signed integer type, which is –128.

v = intmin("int8")
v = int8
    -128

Convert a value smaller than –128 to 8-bit signed integer.

v1 = int8(-135)
v1 = int8
    -128

The converted value becomes –128.

Check that v1 is the same as v.

isequal(v,v1)
ans = logical
   1

Create a 2-by-3 complex array of 8-bit signed integers.

p = int8([-12 3+2i 2; 6 3 2-7i]);

Return the smallest value of the integer type with the same data type and complexity as p.

v = intmin("like",p)
v = int8
    -128 +      0i
class(v)
ans = 
'int8'

Input Arguments

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Integer type, specified as a character vector or string. This table shows the valid options for type.

Integer TypeDescription

"int8"

8-bit signed integer

"int16"

16-bit signed integer

"int32"

32-bit signed integer

"int64"

64-bit signed integer

"uint8"

8-bit unsigned integer

"uint16"

16-bit unsigned integer

"uint32"

32-bit unsigned integer

"uint64"

64-bit unsigned integer

Prototype, specified as an integer variable.

Data Types: int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64
Complex Number Support: Yes

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using MATLAB® Coder™.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a