CEIL(3) Library Functions Manual CEIL(3)

ceil ceilf ceill — ceiling value function

#include <math.h>

double ceil(double x);
float ceilf(float x);
long double ceill(long double x);

The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”) defers to the ISO C standard.

These functions shall compute the smallest integral value not less than x.

An application wishing to check for error situations should set errno to zero and call (FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions. On return, if errno is non-zero or (FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero, an error has occurred.

Upon successful completion, ceil (), ceilf (), and ceill () shall return the smallest integral value not less than x, expressed as a type , , or long double, respectively.

If x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.

If x is ±0 or ±Inf, x shall be returned.

If the correct value would cause overflow, a range error shall occur and ceil (), ceilf (), and ceill () shall return the value of the macro HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, and HUGE_VALL, respectively.

These functions shall fail if:

[XSI] The result overflows.

If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then errno shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the overflow floating-point exception shall be raised.

None.

The integral value returned by these functions need not be expressible as an or long. The return value should be tested before assigning it to an integer type to avoid the undefined results of an integer overflow.

The ceil () function can only overflow when the floating-point representation has DBL_MANT_DIG > DBL_MAX_EXP.

On error, the expressions (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) and (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each other, but at least one of them must be non-zero.

None.

None.

feclearexcept(3), fetestexcept(3), floor(3), isnan(3), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”), xbd_chap04(7), <math.h>

First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.

The DESCRIPTION is updated to indicate how an application should check for an error. This text was previously published in the APPLICATION USAGE section.

The ceilf () and ceill () functions are added for alignment with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”) standard.

The DESCRIPTION, RETURN VALUE, ERRORS, and APPLICATION USAGE sections are revised to align with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”) standard.

IEC 60559:1989 standard floating-point extensions over the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”) standard are marked.

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January 1, 2004 posix.fail