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MINIMUM Function
Compares two or more values and returns the smallest.
SYNTAX
expression
A constant, field name, variable name, or expression. If there is a mixture of decimal and integer data types, decimal type is returned.
EXAMPLEThis procedure prompts the user for an item number and how many of the item they want. If the number of items a user wants (stored in the want variable) is the minimum of the want variable and the on-hand field, the procedure displays an “enough in stock” message. Otherwise, the procedure displays a “not enough in stock” message.
NOTE
When comparing character values, if at least one of the character fields is defined as case sensitive, then MINIMUM treats all of the values as case sensitive for the sake of the comparisons. If none of the values is case sensitive, MINIMUM treats lowercase letters as if they were uppercase letters.
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