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8.58 CEILING — Integer ceiling function ¶

Description:

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

Standard:

Fortran 95 and later

Class:

Elemental function

Syntax:

RESULT = CEILING(A [, KIND])

Arguments:

A	The type shall be REAL.
KIND	(Optional) A scalar INTEGER constant 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:

program test_ceiling
    real :: x = 63.29
    real :: y = -63.59
    print *, ceiling(x) ! returns 64
    print *, ceiling(y) ! returns -63
end program test_ceiling

See also:

FLOOR — Integer floor function,
NINT — Nearest whole number