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NAME
       ceil, ceilf, ceill — ceiling value function


SYNOPSIS
       #include <math.h>

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


DESCRIPTION
       The  functionality  described  on  this  reference  page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict
       between the requirements described  here  and  the  ISO C  standard  is  unintentional.  This  volume  of
       POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

       These functions shall compute the smallest integral value not less than x.


RETURN VALUE
       The result shall have the same sign as x.

       Upon  successful  completion,  ceil(),  ceilf(), and ceill() shall return the smallest integral value not
       less than x, expressed as a type double, float, or long double, respectively.

       If x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.

       If x is ±0 or ±Inf, x shall be returned.


ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.


EXAMPLES
       None.


APPLICATION USAGE
       The integral value returned by these functions need not be expressible as an intmax_t.  The return  value
       should  be  tested  before  assigning  it to an integer type to avoid the undefined results of an integer
       overflow.

       These functions may raise the inexact floating-point exception if the result differs in  value  from  the
       argument.


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       feclearexcept(), fetestexcept(), floor(), isnan()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 4.20, Treatment of Error Conditions for Mathematical
       Functions, <math.h>


       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for  Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical  and  Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original
       IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee  document.
       The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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