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31.Dd April 16, 2011
32.Dt CEIL 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ceil ,
36.Nm ceilf ,
37.Nm floor ,
38.Nm floorf
39.Nd ceiling and floor
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libm
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In math.h
44.Ft double
45.Fn ceil "double x"
46.Ft float
47.Fn ceilf "float x"
48.Ft double
49.Fn floor "double x"
50.Ft float
51.Fn floorf "float x"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Fn ceil
55and
56.Fn ceilf
57functions return the smallest integral value
58greater than or equal to
59.Fa x .
60Conversely, the
61.Fn floor
62and
63.Fn floorf
64functions return the largest integral value
65less than or equal to
66.Fa x .
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr abs 3 ,
69.Xr fabs 3 ,
70.Xr math 3 ,
71.Xr nextafter 3 ,
72.Xr rint 3
73.Sh STANDARDS
74The described functions conform to
75.St -isoC-99 .
76.Sh BUGS
77The
78.Vt long double
79variants of the functions are not yet supported.
80