28 Algorithms library [algorithms]

28.7 Sorting and related operations [alg.sorting]

28.7.8 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);
Requires: For the first form, type T shall be LessThanComparable (Table 21).
Returns: The smaller value.
Remarks: Returns the first argument when the arguments are equivalent.
Complexity: Exactly one comparison.
template<class T> constexpr T min(initializer_list<T> t); template<class T, class Compare> constexpr T min(initializer_list<T> t, Compare comp);
Requires: T shall be CopyConstructible and t.size() > 0.
For the first form, type T shall be LessThanComparable.
Returns: The smallest value in the initializer_list.
Remarks: Returns a copy of the leftmost argument when several arguments are equivalent to the smallest.
Complexity: Exactly t.size() - 1 comparisons.
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);
Requires: For the first form, type T shall be LessThanComparable (Table 21).
Returns: The larger value.
Remarks: Returns the first argument when the arguments are equivalent.
Complexity: Exactly one comparison.
template<class T> constexpr T max(initializer_list<T> t); template<class T, class Compare> constexpr T max(initializer_list<T> t, Compare comp);
Requires: T shall be CopyConstructible and t.size() > 0.
For the first form, type T shall be LessThanComparable.
Returns: The largest value in the initializer_list.
Remarks: Returns a copy of the leftmost argument when several arguments are equivalent to the largest.
Complexity: Exactly t.size() - 1 comparisons.
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);
Requires: For the first form, type T shall be LessThanComparable (Table 21).
Returns: pair<const T&, const T&>(b, a) if b is smaller than a, and pair<const T&, const T&>(a, b) otherwise.
Remarks: Returns pair<const T&, const T&>(a, b) when the arguments are equivalent.
Complexity: Exactly one comparison.
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);
Requires: T shall be CopyConstructible and t.size() > 0.
For the first form, type T shall be LessThanComparable.
Returns: pair<T, T>(x, y), where x has the smallest and y has the largest value in the initializer list.
Remarks: x is a copy of the leftmost argument when several arguments are equivalent to the smallest.
y is a copy of the rightmost argument when several arguments are equivalent to the largest.
Complexity: At most applications of the corresponding predicate.
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);
Returns: The first iterator i in the range [first, last) such that for every iterator j in the range [first, last) the following corresponding conditions hold: !(*j < *i) or comp(*j, *i) == false.
Returns last if first == last.
Complexity: Exactly applications of the corresponding comparisons.
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);
Returns: The first iterator i in the range [first, last) such that for every iterator j in the range [first, last) the following corresponding conditions hold: !(*i < *j) or comp(*i, *j) == false.
Returns last if first == last.
Complexity: Exactly applications of the corresponding comparisons.
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);
Returns: make_­pair(first, first) if [first, last) is empty, otherwise make_­pair(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 iterator266 in [first, last) such that no iterator in the range refers to a larger element.
Complexity: At most applications of the corresponding predicate, where N is last - first.
This behavior intentionally differs from max_­element().