CEILING: Returning the Smallest Integer Value Greater Than or Equal to a Value

Syntax: How to Return the Smallest Integer Greater Than or Equal to a Number

CEILING(number)

where:

number

Numeric

Is the number whose ceiling will be returned. The output data type is the same as the input data type.

Example: Returning the Ceiling of a Number

In the following request, CEILING returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to the GROSS_PROFIT_US value.

DEFINE FILE WFLITE
CEIL1/D7.2= CEILING(GROSS_PROFIT_US);
END
TABLE FILE WFLITE
PRINT GROSS_PROFIT_US/D9.2  CEIL1
ON TABLE SET PAGE NOPAGE
END

The partial output follows. Note that even though the value returned is an integer, it is returned with the same format as the CEIL1 field (D7.2):

  Gross Profit     CEIL1      
  ------------     -----     
        165.00    165.00
         13.99     14.00
         60.99     61.00
        225.98    226.00
         79.99     80.00
         44.59     45.00
         94.30     95.00
        238.50    239.00
        199.99    200.00
         68.99     69.00
         63.58     64.00
        129.99    130.00
         37.49     38.00
         75.99     76.00
         13.99     14.00
        119.00    119.00
        -30.01    -30.00
         54.99     55.00
        189.98    190.00
         44.59     45.00
         91.98     92.00
         89.00     89.00
         59.50     60.00
        129.99    130.00
         54.00     54.00
        109.98    110.00
         98.99     99.00
         98.99     99.00
         99.99    100.00
         44.59     45.00