˜ Lesser of

Two-argument form  See also one-argument form Floor

Finds the smaller of two numbers. Each number in the right-hand argument is compared with the corresponding number in the left-hand argument. The result is the smaller number from each comparison. (This operation is affected by ŒCT, the comparison tolerance)

             87 ˜ 91
       87
             ¯5 ˜ ¯9                  (The negative number further from 0
       ¯9                              is considered the smaller)
             20 7 40 ˜ 91 3 41        (Each number in a vector is compared
       20 3 40                         with the corresponding number in a
                                       vector of equal size)
             TABLE1
       0  ¯3  66
       9  16   4
             TABLE2
       12  ¯8  17
        7   0   1
             TABLE1 ˜ TABLE2          (Each  number  in  a  matrix  is  compared
       0  ¯8  17                       with the corresponding number in
       7   0   1                       a matrix with the same number of rows
                                       and columns)
             2 ˜1 (2 2 ½¼4) (¼3)      (Each element in the right argument is
        1    1 2   1 2 2               compared with 2)
             2 2