function
<cmath> <ctgmath>

ceil

double ceil (double x);

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

     double ceil (double x);
      float ceil (float x);
long double ceil (long double x);

     double ceil (double x);
      float ceil (float x);
long double ceil (long double x);
     double ceil (T x);           // additional overloads for integral types
Round up value
Rounds x upward, returning the smallest integral value that is not less than x.

Header <tgmath.h> provides a type-generic macro version of this function.
Additional overloads are provided in this header (<cmath>) for the integral types: These overloads effectively cast x to a double before calculations (defined for T being any integral type).

Parameters

x
Value to round up.

Return Value

The smallest integral value that is not less than x (as a floating-point value).

Example

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/* ceil example */
#include <stdio.h>      /* printf */
#include <math.h>       /* ceil */

int main ()
{
  printf ( "ceil of 2.3 is %.1f\n", ceil(2.3) );
  printf ( "ceil of 3.8 is %.1f\n", ceil(3.8) );
  printf ( "ceil of -2.3 is %.1f\n", ceil(-2.3) );
  printf ( "ceil of -3.8 is %.1f\n", ceil(-3.8) );
  return 0;
}


Output:

ceil of 2.3 is 3.0
ceil of 3.8 is 4.0
ceil of -2.3 is -2.0
ceil of -3.8 is -3.0

See also

floor
Round down value (function )
fabs
Compute absolute value (function )
modf
Break into fractional and integral parts (function )

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