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31.Dd November 12, 2013
32.Dt CEIL 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ceil ,
36.Nm ceilf ,
37.Nm ceill ,
38.Nm floor ,
39.Nm floorf
40.Nm floorl
41.Nd ceiling and floor
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libm
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In math.h
46.Ft double
47.Fn ceil "double x"
48.Ft float
49.Fn ceilf "float x"
50.Ft long double
51.Fn ceill "long double x"
52.Ft double
53.Fn floor "double x"
54.Ft float
55.Fn floorf "float x"
56.Ft long double
57.Fn floorl "long double x"
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59The
60.Fn ceil ,
61.Fn ceilf ,
62and
63.Fn ceill
64functions return the smallest integral value
65greater than or equal to
66.Fa x .
67Conversely, the
68.Fn floor ,
69.Fn floorf ,
70and
71.Fn floorl
72functions return the largest integral value
73less than or equal to
74.Fa x .
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr abs 3 ,
77.Xr fabs 3 ,
78.Xr math 3 ,
79.Xr nextafter 3 ,
80.Xr rint 3
81.Sh STANDARDS
82The described functions conform to
83.St -isoC-99 .
84