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     Syntax
    MIN(arg1 [; ByEveryN])
     Arguments
    The 'arg1' argument must be an array.
    ByEveryN is an optional argument - an integer constant, greater or equal to 1.
     Result
    Returns a scalar value, which is the minimum value of the elements in the array 'arg1'.
    If ByEveryN is supplied, then the function calculates the minimum for each group of N successive elements and the result is an array.
     Description

    Calculates the min value of all the elements in the input array, or the min value of every N successive elements in the input array.

    Example 1:

    Expression: MIN( arg1 )

    arg1 11 7 3 5 6 1

    Result: 1

    Example 2:

    (min by every 2 elements)

    Expression: MIN( arg1; 2 )

    arg1 11 7 3 5 6 1
    result 7 3 1
     Related Examples
    Windows Forms: All Examples\Data Manipulation\Functions\Statistical\Average, Median, Min, Max