Name

FLOOR()

Synopsis

FLOOR(number)

This function rounds a given floating-point number down to the next lower integer. It’s a counterpart to CEILING().

SELECT CEILING(1.1), FLOOR(1.1);

+--------------+------------+
| CEILING(1.1) | FLOOR(1.1) |
+--------------+------------+
|            2 |          1 |
+--------------+------------+

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