SYNOPSIS
        float ceil (int|float arg)

DESCRIPTION
        Round the <arg>ument upwards the nearest whole number, returning
        that value. If the <arg>ument is an integer, the result will be
        the argument value, converted to float.

EXAMPLES
        ceil(4.5)  - return 5.0
        ceil(-4.5) - return -4.0
        ceil(5)    - return 5.0

HISTORY
        Introduced in LDMud 3.2.7.
        LDMud 3.2.9 added integers as argument values.

SEE ALSO
        abs(E), floor(E)