---

Manual Reference Pages  - ceiling (3)

---

NAME

ceiling(3f) - [FORTRAN:INTRINSIC:NUMERIC] Integer ceiling function

SYNTAX

result = ceiling(a [, kind])

DESCRIPTION

ceiling(a) returns the least integer greater than or equal to A.

ARGUMENTS

A	The type shall be REAL.
KIND	(Optional) An INTEGER initialization expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.

RETURN VALUE

The return value is of type integer(kind) if KIND is present and a default-kind INTEGER otherwise.

EXAMPLE

Sample program:

    program demo_ceiling
    implicit none
    real :: x = 63.29
    real :: y = -63.59
       print *, ceiling(x) ! returns 64
       print *, ceiling(y) ! returns -63
    end program demo_ceiling

STANDARD

[[Fortran 95]] and later

CLASS

[[Elemental procedure|Elemental function]]

SEE ALSO

floor(3), nint(3)

---

ceiling (3)

March 11, 2021

Generated by manServer 1.08 from ac7b3a7a-cdf3-4716-a112-1aae434dff4a using man macros.