Name

ceil — Return the ceiling of a floating-point value

Usage

Float.ceil(num)

num : Floating point

Description

Returns the smallest integer value that is less than or equal to num. Returns num itself if it’s an integer. Returns invalid if num can’t be converted to floating point or if the result won’t fit into an integer.

Examples

Float.ceil(17.0)

returns integer 17

Float.ceil(17.4)

returns integer 18

Float.ceil(17.5)

returns integer 18

Float.ceil(-17.0)

returns integer -17

Float.ceil(-17.4)

returns integer -17

Float.ceil(-17.5)

returns integer -17

Float.ceil(5e10)

returns invalid

Float.ceil(-5e10)

returns invalid

Float.ceil("foo")

returns invalid

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