CEILING(A, KIND)

Purpose

Returns the least integer greater than or equal to its argument.

Class

Elemental function

Argument type and attributes

A

must be of type real.

KIND (optional)

must be a scalar integer constant expression.

Result type and attributes

• It is of type integer.
• If KIND is present, the kind type parameter is that specified by KIND; otherwise, the KIND type parameter is that of the default integer type.

Result value

The result has a value equal to the least integer greater than or equal to A.

The result is undefined if the result cannot be represented as an integer of the specified KIND.