Ceil()

Description

FUNCTION: ceil(number)

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))