SYNOPSIS float ceil (int|float arg) DESCRIPTION Round the ument upwards the nearest whole number, returning that value. If the ument value is an integer, the result will be that value, converted to float. EXAMPLES ceil(4.5) - return 5.0 ceil(-4.5) - return -4.0 ceil(4) - return 4.0 HISTORY Introduced in LDMud 3.2.7. LDMud 3.2.9 allowed integers as argument values. SEE ALSO abs(E), floor(E)