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ceil3

Smallest integral value greater than or equal to x

Usage

#include <math.h>

double

ceil(double x);

float

ceilf(float x);

long double

ceill(long double x);

Library

Math Library (libm, -lm)

Overview

The ceil(), ceilf() and ceill() functions return the smallest integral value greater than or equal to x, expressed as a floating-point number.

Releases

87 releases since FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE; the text changed 47 times.

  1. 2.0.5
  2. 2.1.5–2.1.7.1
  3. 2.2.2–2.2.5
  4. 2.2.6–2.2.8
  5. 2.2.9
  6. 3.0–3.2
  7. 3.3–3.5.1
  8. 4.0–4.2
  9. 4.3–4.4
  10. 4.5–4.11
  11. 5.0–5.2.1
  12. 5.3
  13. 5.4–5.5
  14. 6.0–6.2
  15. 6.3
  16. 6.4
  17. 7.0
  18. 7.1
  19. 7.2
  20. 7.3
  21. 7.4
  22. 8.0
  23. 8.1
  24. 8.2
  25. 8.3
  26. 8.4
  27. 9.0
  28. 9.1
  29. 9.2
  30. 9.3
  31. 10.0
  32. 10.1
  33. 10.2
  34. 10.3
  35. 10.4
  36. 11.0
  37. 11.1
  38. 11.2
  39. 11.3
  40. 11.4
  41. 12.0
  42. 12.1
  43. 12.2
  44. 12.3
  45. 12.4
  46. 13.0–13.2
  47. 13.3–14.5
  48. 15.0–16.0

Standards

The ceil() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (“ISO C90”). The ceilf() and ceill() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”).

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