efun: ceil

SYNOPSIS:

        float ceil (int|float arg)

DESCRIPTION:

        Round the <arg>ument upwards the nearest whole number, returning
        that value. If the <arg>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)