ceil

Returns the smallest integer value not less than N, expressed as a float.

FLOAT ceil(NUMBER N)
Table 1. ceil Function examples
Expression Result
ceil(1.3) 
2.000000
ceil(1.5) 
2.000000
ceil(1.7) 
2.000000
ceil(-1.3)
-1.0000000
ceil(-1.5) 
-1.0000000
ceil(-1.7) 
-1.0000000