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fn:ceiling

Rounds up to the next highest integer

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Description

The fn:ceiling function returns the smallest integer that is not less than $arg. The result type depends the numeric type of the argument. If $arg is untyped, it is cast to xs:double.

This description is © Copyright 2007, Priscilla Walmsley. It is excerpted from the book XQuery by Priscilla Walmsley, O'Reilly, 2007. For a complete explanation of this function, please refer to Appendix A of the book.

Arguments and Return Type

NameType
$arg numeric?
return value numeric?

Examples

XQuery ExampleResults
ceiling(5)
5
ceiling(5.1)
6
ceiling(5.5)
6
ceiling(-5.5)
-5
ceiling(-5.51)
-5
ceiling( () )
()

See Also

fn:floorRounds down to the next lowest integer
fn:roundRounds a numeric value
fn:round-half-to-evenRounds a numeric value, rounding even halfs to the nearest even number

History

Published OnLast UpdatedContributor(s)
2006-06-272007-02-26W3C, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators, http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/
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