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Function std.algorithm.comparison.clamp

Clamps val into the given bounds. Result has the same type as val.

T1 clamp(T1, T2, T3) (
  T1 val,
  T2 lower,
  T3 upper
);

Parameters

NameDescription
val The value to clamp.
lower The lower bound of the clamp.
upper The upper bound of the clamp.

Returns

lower if val is less than lower, upper if val is greater than upper, and val in all other cases. Comparisons are made correctly (using lessThan and the return value is converted to the return type using the standard integer coversion rules greaterThan) even if the signedness of T1, T2, and T3 are different.

Example

writeln(clamp(2, 1, 3)); // 2
writeln(clamp(0, 1, 3)); // 1
writeln(clamp(4, 1, 3)); // 3

writeln(clamp(1, 1, 1)); // 1

writeln(clamp(5, -1, 2u)); // 2

auto x = clamp(42, uint.max, uint.max);
static assert(is(typeof(x) == int));
writeln(x); // -1

Authors

Andrei Alexandrescu

License

Boost License 1.0.