Functions That Determine the Ordering of Data Values
Function: MIN
Purpose: To determine the smallest non-missing value in a list of numeric values.
Syntax: MIN(<of> numeric-values)
numeric-values is either a list of numeric values (numeric variables or numbers), separated by commas, or a list of variables in the form BASEn–BASEm (e.g., X1–X5). If the latter style is used, you must place the word “of” before the list.
If all of the arguments are missing, this function will return a missing value.
Examples
For these examples, X = 5, Y = ., Z = 7, X1 = 1, X2 = 2, X3 = 3, X4 = .
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Function |
Returns |
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MIN(X,Y,Z) |
5 |
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MIN(OF X1-X4) |
1 |
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MIN(10,20,. ,30,40,50) |
10 |
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MIN(OF X1-X4,Y,Z) |
1 |
See Program 7.5 for an ...
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