---
type: "fhirpath-function"
title: "FHIRPath Function: min"
function: "min"
category: "Aggregates"
section: "7.3"
source: "fhirpath/functions.json"
---
# FHIRPath Function: min
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## Summary
- **Category**: Aggregates
- **Section**: `7.3`
- **Return Type**: `Integer | Long | Decimal | Quantity | Date | DateTime | Time | String`
- **Empty Input Result**: `empty`
- **Errors on Multiple Input**: `false`
## Description
Returns the minimum element in the input collection.
## Arguments
- none
## Type Mapping
- n/a
## Example
```fhirpath
(2 | 4 | 8 | 6).min() // 2
```