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ceil

Round to smallest integral value not less than x

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Interface
Description
Special Values
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Interface

#include <math.h>

	double	`ceil` (double x)
	long	`ceill` (long double x)
	float	`ceilf` (float x)

Description

The ceil function returns the smallest integral value greater than or equal to x.

Example 1:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
 
int main(void)
{
  for(double a = 12; a < 13; a += 0.1)
    printf("ceil of  %.1lf is  %.1lf\n", a, ceil(a));
  return 0;
}

Output

ceil of  12.0 is  12.0
ceil of  12.1 is  13.0
ceil of  12.2 is  13.0
ceil of  12.3 is  13.0
ceil of  12.4 is  13.0
ceil of  12.5 is  13.0
ceil of  12.6 is  13.0
ceil of  12.7 is  13.0
ceil of  12.8 is  13.0
ceil of  12.9 is  13.0
ceil of  13.0 is  13.0

Special Values

ceil ( ±0 ) returns ±0.
ceil ( ±&infin ) returns ±∞.

Standards

The ceil function conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999(E).

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