27 Algorithms library [algorithms]

27.8 Sorting and related operations [alg.sorting]

27.8.9 Minimum and maximum [alg.min.max]

template<class T> constexpr const T& min(const T& a, const T& b); template<class T, class Compare> constexpr const T& min(const T& a, const T& b, Compare comp); template<class T, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<const T*, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr const T& ranges::min(const T& a, const T& b, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {});
Preconditions: For the first form, T meets the Cpp17LessThanComparable requirements (Table 29).
Returns: The smaller value.
Returns the first argument when the arguments are equivalent.
Complexity: Exactly one comparison and two applications of the projection, if any.
Remarks: An invocation may explicitly specify an argument for the template parameter T of the overloads in namespace std.
template<class T> constexpr T min(initializer_list<T> r); template<class T, class Compare> constexpr T min(initializer_list<T> r, Compare comp); template<copyable T, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<const T*, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr T ranges::min(initializer_list<T> r, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {}); template<input_range R, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<iterator_t<R>, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> requires indirectly_copyable_storable<iterator_t<R>, range_value_t<R>*> constexpr range_value_t<R> ranges::min(R&& r, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {});
Preconditions: ranges​::​distance(r) > 0.
For the overloads in namespace std, T meets the Cpp17CopyConstructible requirements.
For the first form, T meets the Cpp17LessThanComparable requirements (Table 29).
Returns: The smallest value in the input range.
Returns a copy of the leftmost element when several elements are equivalent to the smallest.
Complexity: Exactly ranges​::​distance(r) - 1 comparisons and twice as many applications of the projection, if any.
Remarks: An invocation may explicitly specify an argument for the template parameter T of the overloads in namespace std.
template<class T> constexpr const T& max(const T& a, const T& b); template<class T, class Compare> constexpr const T& max(const T& a, const T& b, Compare comp); template<class T, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<const T*, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr const T& ranges::max(const T& a, const T& b, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {});
Preconditions: For the first form, T meets the Cpp17LessThanComparable requirements (Table 29).
Returns: The larger value.
Returns the first argument when the arguments are equivalent.
Complexity: Exactly one comparison and two applications of the projection, if any.
Remarks: An invocation may explicitly specify an argument for the template parameter T of the overloads in namespace std.
template<class T> constexpr T max(initializer_list<T> r); template<class T, class Compare> constexpr T max(initializer_list<T> r, Compare comp); template<copyable T, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<const T*, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr T ranges::max(initializer_list<T> r, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {}); template<input_range R, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<iterator_t<R>, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> requires indirectly_copyable_storable<iterator_t<R>, range_value_t<R>*> constexpr range_value_t<R> ranges::max(R&& r, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {});
Preconditions: ranges​::​distance(r) > 0.
For the overloads in namespace std, T meets the Cpp17CopyConstructible requirements.
For the first form, T meets the Cpp17LessThanComparable requirements (Table 29).
Returns: The largest value in the input range.
Returns a copy of the leftmost element when several elements are equivalent to the largest.
Complexity: Exactly ranges​::​distance(r) - 1 comparisons and twice as many applications of the projection, if any.
Remarks: An invocation may explicitly specify an argument for the template parameter T of the overloads in namespace std.
template<class T> constexpr pair<const T&, const T&> minmax(const T& a, const T& b); template<class T, class Compare> constexpr pair<const T&, const T&> minmax(const T& a, const T& b, Compare comp); template<class T, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<const T*, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr ranges::minmax_result<const T&> ranges::minmax(const T& a, const T& b, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {});
Preconditions: For the first form, T meets the Cpp17LessThanComparable requirements (Table 29).
Returns: {b, a} if b is smaller than a, and {a, b} otherwise.
Complexity: Exactly one comparison and two applications of the projection, if any.
Remarks: An invocation may explicitly specify an argument for the template parameter T of the overloads in namespace std.
template<class T> constexpr pair<T, T> minmax(initializer_list<T> t); template<class T, class Compare> constexpr pair<T, T> minmax(initializer_list<T> t, Compare comp); template<copyable T, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<const T*, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr ranges::minmax_result<T> ranges::minmax(initializer_list<T> r, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {}); template<input_range R, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<iterator_t<R>, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> requires indirectly_copyable_storable<iterator_t<R>, range_value_t<R>*> constexpr ranges::minmax_result<range_value_t<R>> ranges::minmax(R&& r, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {});
Preconditions: ranges​::​distance(r) > 0.
For the overloads in namespace std, T meets the Cpp17CopyConstructible requirements.
For the first form, type T meets the Cpp17LessThanComparable requirements (Table 29).
Returns: Let X be the return type.
Returns X{x, y}, where x is a copy of the leftmost element with the smallest value and y a copy of the rightmost element with the largest value in the input range.
Complexity: At most applications of the corresponding predicate and twice as many applications of the projection, if any.
Remarks: An invocation may explicitly specify an argument for the template parameter T of the overloads in namespace std.
template<class ForwardIterator> constexpr ForwardIterator min_element(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last); template<class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIterator> ForwardIterator min_element(ExecutionPolicy&& exec, ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last); template<class ForwardIterator, class Compare> constexpr ForwardIterator min_element(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last, Compare comp); template<class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIterator, class Compare> ForwardIterator min_element(ExecutionPolicy&& exec, ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last, Compare comp); template<forward_iterator I, sentinel_for<I> S, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<I, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr I ranges::min_element(I first, S last, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {}); template<forward_range R, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<iterator_t<R>, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr borrowed_iterator_t<R> ranges::min_element(R&& r, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {});
Let comp be less{} and proj be identity{} for the overloads with no parameters by those names.
Returns: The first iterator i in the range [first, last) such that for every iterator j in the range [first, last), bool(invoke(comp, invoke(proj, *j), invoke(proj, *i))) is false.
Returns last if first == last.
Complexity: Exactly comparisons and twice as many projections.
template<class ForwardIterator> constexpr ForwardIterator max_element(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last); template<class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIterator> ForwardIterator max_element(ExecutionPolicy&& exec, ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last); template<class ForwardIterator, class Compare> constexpr ForwardIterator max_element(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last, Compare comp); template<class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIterator, class Compare> ForwardIterator max_element(ExecutionPolicy&& exec, ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last, Compare comp); template<forward_iterator I, sentinel_for<I> S, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<I, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr I ranges::max_element(I first, S last, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {}); template<forward_range R, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<iterator_t<R>, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr borrowed_iterator_t<R> ranges::max_element(R&& r, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {});
Let comp be less{} and proj be identity{} for the overloads with no parameters by those names.
Returns: The first iterator i in the range [first, last) such that for every iterator j in the range [first, last), bool(invoke(comp, invoke(proj, *i), invoke(proj, *j))) is false.
Returns last if first == last.
Complexity: Exactly comparisons and twice as many projections.
template<class ForwardIterator> constexpr pair<ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator> minmax_element(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last); template<class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIterator> pair<ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator> minmax_element(ExecutionPolicy&& exec, ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last); template<class ForwardIterator, class Compare> constexpr pair<ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator> minmax_element(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last, Compare comp); template<class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIterator, class Compare> pair<ForwardIterator, ForwardIterator> minmax_element(ExecutionPolicy&& exec, ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last, Compare comp); template<forward_iterator I, sentinel_for<I> S, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<I, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr ranges::minmax_element_result<I> ranges::minmax_element(I first, S last, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {}); template<forward_range R, class Proj = identity, indirect_strict_weak_order<projected<iterator_t<R>, Proj>> Comp = ranges::less> constexpr ranges::minmax_element_result<borrowed_iterator_t<R>> ranges::minmax_element(R&& r, Comp comp = {}, Proj proj = {});
Returns: {first, first} if [first, last) is empty, otherwise {m, M}, where m is the first iterator in [first, last) such that no iterator in the range refers to a smaller element, and where M is the last iterator217 in [first, last) such that no iterator in the range refers to a larger element.
Complexity: Let N be last - first.
At most comparisons and twice as many applications of the projection, if any.
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This behavior intentionally differs from max_element.