Ceil()
Description
Returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to number. number may be a floating point number, and an integer result is returned.
Related Topics: fdiv(), floor(), idiv(), mod(), round(), trunc().
Examples
- > say ceil(5)
- You say "5"
- > say ceil(5.2)
- You say "6"
- > say ceil(5.8)
- You say "6"
- > say ceil(-5)
- You say "-5"
- > say ceil(-5.2)
- You say "-5"
(--Soylent 00:56, 3 December 2005 (EST))