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title: Global Numeric Functions
framework: swift
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: swift/global-numeric-functions
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# Global Numeric Functions

Use these functions with numeric values and other comparable types.

## Topics

### Choosing the Smallest and Largest Value

- [min(_:_:)](swift/min(_:_:).md)
- [min(_:_:_:_:)](swift/min(_:_:_:_:).md)
- [max(_:_:)](swift/max(_:_:).md)
- [max(_:_:_:_:)](swift/max(_:_:_:_:).md)

### Finding the Absolute Value

- [abs(_:)](swift/abs(_:).md)

## See Also

### Advanced Numerics

- [Numeric Protocols](swift/numeric-protocols.md)
- [Special-Use Numeric Types](swift/special-use-numeric-types.md)
- [SIMD Vector Types](swift/simd-vector-types.md)