---
title: "clamp | open.mp"
description: "Force a value to be inside a range."
canonical: https://omp.itsneufox.com/docs/scripting/functions/clamp
language: en
---

# clamp

## Description

Force a value to be inside a range.

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| value | The value to force in a range. |
| min | The low bound of the range. _(optional=cellmin)_ |
| max | The 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

```c
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.
```