8.44 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) 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:

          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, NINT