LOW - Get lower bound

LOW(identifier)

Returns the low bound of any variable or type.

For an ARRAY it is the lowest index.

For a STRING it is zero.

For an enumerated type it is the lowest value of the enumeration, which is zero unless an explicit value is given for the first element.

For a float it is the epsilon (positive smallest value).

Else it is the minimum value:

• LOW(boolean) returns FALSE.
• LOW( byte | word | longword | bigword | string) returns 0.
• LOW(shortint) returns = -128 ($80).
• LOW(integer) returns MININT = -(MAXINT + 1) = -32,768 ($8000).
• LOW(longint) returns MINLONGINT = -(MAXLONGINT + 1) = -2 147 483 648 ($8000 0000).
• LOW(BIGINT) returns MINBIGINT = -(MAXBIGINT + 1) = -9 223 372 036 854 775 808 ($8000 0000 0000 0000).
• LOW(single) returns approximately 1.4E-45 (not standard Pascal).
• LOW(real) returns approximately 1.2E-38 (not standard Pascal).