SHIP:Sail:ceil

Function	Returns	Introduced	Description
ceil	Integer	v5.0	Gets the smallest integer greater than or equal to a number

See Also:

• Sail Home
• Sail Functions
• Sail Numeric Functions
• abs, floor, ftoi, itof, max, min, round

Prototype

Integer ceil(Float n);

Parameters/Return Value

Parameter	Data Type	Description
n	Float	the number to find the ceiling value of
Return	Integer	the ceiling of the supplied number

Detailed Description

The ceil() function returns the returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to a number. If you visualize a number line, ceil() goes to the integer to the right.

Examples

Example	Result	Notes
ceil(-5.1f);	-5
ceil(5.2f);	6