CEIL Function

CEIL(real-expression)

Rounds the provided real value upwards to the nearest integer. The result is the smallest integer greater than or equal to the input.

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Examples

PRINT CEIL(3.2)

Produces 4.

PRINT CEIL(-3.2)

Produces -3.

REM Use CEIL to calculate number of pages needed
items = 23
perPage = 10
pages = CEIL(items / perPage)
PRINT "Pages required = "; pages

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Notes

• Always rounds towards positive infinity.
• Return type is a 64-bit integer.
• Differs from INT, which truncates towards zero, and ROUND, which rounds to the nearest integer.

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See also: FLOOR · INT · ROUND