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Return the lowest integer number greater than or equal to argument
Source position: math.pp line 367
| function ceil( | 
| x: Float | 
| ):Integer; | 
Ceil returns the lowest integer number greater than or equal to x. The absolute value of x should be less than maxint.
If the asolute value of x is larger than maxint, an overflow error will occur.
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 | Return the largest integer smaller than or equal to argument | 
Program Example7; { Program to demonstrate the Ceil function. } Uses math; begin Writeln(Ceil(-3.7)); // should be -3 Writeln(Ceil(3.7)); // should be 4 Writeln(Ceil(-4.0)); // should be -4 end.