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    Ceil

    Return the lowest integer number greater than or equal to argument.

    Declaration

    Source position: math.pp line 715

    function Ceil(x: Float) : Integer;

    Description

    Ceil returns the lowest integer number greater than or equal to x. The absolute value of x should be less than maxint.

    Errors

    If the absolute value of x is larger than maxint, an overflow error will occur.

    See also

    Name Description
    floor Return the largest integer smaller than or equal to argument.

    Example

    Program Example7;

{ Program to demonstrate the Ceil function. }

Uses math;

begin
  Writeln(Ceil(-3.7)); // should be -3
  Writeln(Ceil(3.7));  // should be 4
  Writeln(Ceil(-4.0)); // should be -4
end.