Two-argument form See also one-argument form Floor
Finds the smaller of two numbers. Each number in the right-hand argument is compared with the corresponding number in the left-hand argument. The result is the smaller number from each comparison. (This operation is affected by ŒCT, the comparison tolerance)
87 ˜ 91 87 ¯5 ˜ ¯9 (The negative number further from 0 ¯9 is considered the smaller) 20 7 40 ˜ 91 3 41 (Each number in a vector is compared 20 3 40 with the corresponding number in a vector of equal size) TABLE1 0 ¯3 66 9 16 4 TABLE2 12 ¯8 17 7 0 1 TABLE1 ˜ TABLE2 (Each number in a matrix is compared 0 ¯8 17 with the corresponding number in 7 0 1 a matrix with the same number of rows and columns) 2 ˜1 (2 2 ½¼4) (¼3) (Each element in the right argument is 1 1 2 1 2 2 compared with 2) 2 2