ceiling

Use ceiling to round up the value of a specified decimal value to the nearest integer or to a specified precision prec as a decimal.

Basic syntax

To round up the value of a decimal value to the nearest integer, use the following syntax:

(ceiling value)

To round up the value of a decimal value to a specified precision as a decimal, use the following syntax:

(ceiling value precision)

Arguments

Use the following arguments to specify the decimal value and optional precision for the ceiling Pact function.

Argument	Type	Description
value	decimal	Specifies the decimal value to round up.
precision	integer	Specifies the precision to round the specified value to (optional).

Return value

The ceiling function returns the rounded-up value as an integer or as a decimal based on the input and precision.

Examples

The following example rounds up a decimal value to the nearest integer in the Pact REPL:

pact> (ceiling 3.5)
4

The following example rounds up a decimal value to a precision of 2 decimal places:

pact> (ceiling 100.15234 2)
100.16

In this example, ceiling rounds up the decimal value 100.15234 to a precision of 2 decimal places, resulting in 100.16.