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)