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<P><B>Library:</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="2-9.html">Algorithms</A></P>

<PRE><HR><B><I>Function</I></B><HR></PRE>

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<LI><A HREF="#sec2">Summary</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec3">Synopsis</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec4">Description</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec5">Complexity</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec6">Example</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec7">See Also</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec8">Standards Conformance</A></LI>
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<A NAME="sec1"><H3>Local Index</H3></A>
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<A NAME="sec2"><H3>Summary</H3></A>
<P>Algorithm that finds the minimum value in a range</P>
<A NAME="sec3"><H3>Synopsis</H3></A>

<PRE>#include &lt;algorithm&gt;

namespace std {
  template &lt;class ForwardIterator&gt;
  ForwardIterator
  min_element(ForwardIterator start, ForwardIterator finish);

  template &lt;class ForwardIterator, class Compare&gt;
  InputIterator
  min_element(ForwardIterator start, ForwardIterator finish,
              Compare comp);
}
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<A NAME="sec4"><H3>Description</H3></A>
<P>The <SAMP>min_element()</SAMP> algorithm returns an iterator that denotes the minimum element in a sequence. If the sequence contains more than one copy of the minimum element, the iterator points to the first occurrence of the element. In the second version of the function, the argument <SAMP>comp</SAMP> defines a comparison function object to be used in place of <SAMP>operator&lt;()</SAMP>.</P>
<P>Algorithm <SAMP>min_element()</SAMP> returns the first iterator <SAMP>i</SAMP> in the range <SAMP>[start, finish)</SAMP> such that for any iterator <SAMP>j</SAMP> in the same range, either of the following conditions hold:</P>
<P><SAMP>!(*j &lt; *i)</SAMP></P>
<P>or</P>
<P><SAMP>comp(*j, *i) == false. </SAMP></P>
<A NAME="sec5"><H3>Complexity</H3></A>
<P><SAMP>min_element()</SAMP> performs exactly <SAMP>max((finish - start) - 1, 0)</SAMP> applications of the corresponding comparisons.</P>
<A NAME="sec6"><H3>Example</H3></A>

<UL><PRE>//
//  max_elem.cpp
//

#include &lt;algorithm&gt;    // for max_element
#include &lt;functional&gt;   // for less
#include &lt;iostream&gt;     // for cout, endl
#include &lt;vector&gt;       // for vector


int main ()
{
    typedef std::vector&lt;int, std::allocator&lt;int&gt; &gt; Vector;
    typedef Vector::iterator                       Iterator;

    const Vector::value_type d1[] = { 1, 3, 5, 32, 64 };                
    // Set up vector.
    Vector v1(d1 + 0, d1 + sizeof d1 / sizeof *d1);  

    // Find the largest element in the vector.
    Iterator it1 = std::max_element (v1.begin(), v1.end());

    // Find the largest element in the range from
    // the beginning of the vector to the 2nd to last.
    Iterator it2 = std::max_element (v1.begin(), v1.end() - 1,
                                     std::less&lt;int&gt;());

    // Find the smallest element.
    Iterator it3 = std::min_element (v1.begin(), v1.end());

    // Find the smallest value in the range from
    // the beginning of the vector plus 1 to the end.
    Iterator it4 = std::min_element (v1.begin() + 1, v1.end(),
                                     std::less&lt;int&gt;());

    std::cout &lt;&lt; *it1 &lt;&lt; " " &lt;&lt; *it2 &lt;&lt; " "
              &lt;&lt; *it3 &lt;&lt; " " &lt;&lt; *it4 &lt;&lt; std::endl;

    return 0;
}


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<A NAME="sec7"><H3>See Also</H3></A>
<P><SAMP><A HREF="max.html">max()</A></SAMP>, <SAMP><A HREF="max-element.html">max_element()</A></SAMP>, <SAMP><A HREF="min.html">min()</A></SAMP></P>
<A NAME="sec8"><H3>Standards Conformance</H3></A>
<P><I>ISO/IEC 14882:1998 -- International Standard for Information Systems -- Programming Language C++, Section 25.3.7</I></P>

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