CEILING — Integer ceiling function

CEILING(A)

CEILING(A) returns the least integer greater than or equal to A.

Parameters

• A – The type shall be REAL.

• KIND – (Optional) An INTEGER initialization expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.

Returns

The return value is of type INTEGER(KIND) if KIND is present and a default-kind INTEGER otherwise.

Standard:

Fortran 95 and later

Class:

Elemental function

Syntax:

RESULT = CEILING(A [, KIND])

Example:

program test_ceiling
    real :: x = 63.29
    real :: y = -63.59
    print *, ceiling(x) ! returns 64
    print *, ceiling(y) ! returns -63
end program test_ceiling

See also:

FLOOR — Integer floor function, NINT