vec_min

Purpose

Returns a vector containing the minimum value from each set of corresponding elements of the given vectors.

Syntax

d=vec_min(a, b)

Result and argument types

The following tables describe the types of the returned value and the function arguments.

Table 1. Result and argument types
d	a	b
vector signed char	vector bool char	vector signed char
	vector signed char	vector signed char
	vector signed char	vector bool char
vector unsigned char	vector bool char	vector unsigned char
	vector unsigned char	vector unsigned char
	vector unsigned char	vector bool char
vector signed short	vector bool short	vector signed short
	vector signed short	vector signed short
	vector signed short	vector bool short
vector unsigned short	vector bool short	vector unsigned short
	vector unsigned short	vector unsigned short
	vector unsigned short	vector bool short
vector signed int	vector bool int	vector signed int
	vector signed int	vector signed int
	vector signed int	vector bool int
vector unsigned int	vector bool int	vector unsigned int
	vector unsigned int	vector unsigned int
	vector unsigned int	vector bool int
vector float	vector float	vector float
vector double	vector double	vector double

Note: When you call this built-in function, the following types are valid when -qarch is set to target POWER8 processors, or higher.

Table 2. Result and argument types supported
d	a	b
The same type as argument `a`	vector signed long long	The same type as argument `a`
	vector unsigned long long
	vector bool long long

Result value

The value of each element of the result is the minimum of the values of the corresponding elements of a and b.