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clamp

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This function starts with a lowercase letter.

Description​

Force a value to be inside a range.

NameDescription
valueThe value to force in a range.
minThe low bound of the range. (optional=cellmin)
maxThe high bound of the range. (optional=cellmax)

Returns​

value, if it is in the range min–max, min, if value is lower than min or max, if value is higher than max.

Examples​

new
    valueA = 3,
    valueB = 7,
    valueC = 100
;
printf("The value is: %d", clamp(valueA, 5, 10)); // output: "The value is: 5" because 3 is less than 5.
printf("The value is: %d", clamp(valueB, 5, 10)); // output: "The value is: 7" because 7 is between 5 and 10.
printf("The value is: %d", clamp(valueC, 5, 10)); // output: "The value is: 10" because 100 is more than 10.