.. _ceiling:

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ceiling
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Rounds up to the next highest integer

Description
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The fn:ceiling function returns the smallest integer that is not less than $arg. 
The result type depends the numeric type of the argument. If $arg is untyped, it 
is cast to xs:double.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - arg:numeric()
     - 

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - ceiling(5)
     - 5
   * - ceiling(5.1)
     - 6
   * - ceiling(5.5)
     - 6
   * - ceiling(-5.5)
     - -5
   * - ceiling(-5.51)
     - -5
   * - ceiling( () )
     - ()

See Also
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* :ref:`floor`.
* :ref:`round`.
* :ref:`round-half-to-even`.