intmin (MATLAB Functions)

Smallest possible value of specified integer type

Syntax

```
v = intmin
v = intmin('classname')
```

Description

v = intmin is the smallest value that can be represented in MATLAB with a 32-bit integer. Any value smaller than the value returned by intmin saturates to the intmin value when cast to a 32-bit integer.

v = intmin('classname') is the smallest positive value in the integer class classname. Valid values for the string classname are

'int8'
'int16'
'int32'
'int64'

'uint8'
'uint16'
'uint32'
'uint64'

`'int8'`	`'int16'`	`'int32'`	`'int64'`
`'uint8'`	`'uint16'`	`'uint32'`	`'uint64'`

intmin('int32') is the same as intmin with no arguments.

Examples

Find the minimum value for a 64-bit signed integer:

v = intmin('int64')
v =
 -9223372036854775808

Convert this value to a 32-bit signed integer:

```
x = int32(v)
x =
  2147483647
```

Compare the result with the default value returned by intmin:

```
isequal(x, intmin)
ans =
     1
```

See Also

intmax, realmin, realmax, int8, uint8, isa, class

intmax intwarning