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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=computer_science">computer science</a>, <b>clamping</b>, or <b>clipping</b> is the process of limiting a value to a range between a minimum and a maximum value. Unlike <a href="page.php?w=wrapping_%28graphics%29">wrapping</a>, Clamping moves a value to the nearest boundary if it is outside the allowed range.</p>

<p>In <a href="page.php?w=Python_%28programming_language%29">Python</a>, clamping can be defined as follows:<syntaxhighlight lang="python">def clamp(x, minimum, maximum):    if x < minimum:        return minimum    if x > maximum:        return maximum    return x</></syntaxhighlight></p><p>
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