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fn:min

Return object with minimum value from item sequence.


Syntax

fn:min(sequence $sequence) => anySimpleType?
fn:min(sequence $sequence, string $collation) => anySimpleType?

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Description

This aggregate function returns the minimum value of all values in a sequence that are of a single type or one of its subtypes, for which the lt operator is defined. For numeric values type promotion is used to coerce all values to a single common type. If the argument is the empty sequence, the function returns the empty sequence.

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Argument

$sequence

a sequence of items

$collation

optional valid collation string literal

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Examples

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Related Syntax Constructs

The following construct(s) refer to this construct:

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