{{keywords>wiki library source code example reference}} ====== ceil ====== double ceil(double); rounding up floating point ===== C Sourcecode Example ===== compile in linux with: gcc ceil.c -o ceil **-lm** -Wall #include /* including standard library */ //#include /* uncomment this for Windows */ #include /* including math library */ int main () { printf ("ceil from 4.2 is %f\n", ceil (4.2) ); return 0; } ===== output ===== output: user@host:~$ ./ceil ceil from 4.2 is 5.000000