ORD-MIN Function

The ORD-MIN function returns a value that is the ordinal number of the argument that contains the minimum value. The type of this function is integer.

Usage

FUNCTION ORD-MIN ({argument-1} ... )

Parameters

argument-1 If more than one argument-1 is specified, all arguments must be of the same class.

Returned Values

  1. The returned value is the ordinal number that corresponds to the position of the argument-1 having the least value in the argument-1 series.
  2. The comparisons used to determine the least valued argument-1 are made according to the rules for simple conditions.
  3. If more than one argument-1 has the same least value, the number returned corresponds to the position of the leftmost argument-1 having that value.
Parent topic: Appendix F. Intrinsic Functions