Python ceil () function
description
() Function returns the integer number into the ceil.
grammar
The following is the syntax ceil () method:
import math math.ceil( x )
Note: ceil () is not directly accessible, you need to import math module, invoke the method through static object.
parameter
x - numeric expression.return value
Function returns the number into an integer.Examples
The following shows an example of using ceil () method:
#!/usr/bin/python import math # This will import math module print "math.ceil(-45.17) : ", math.ceil(-45.17) print "math.ceil(100.12) : ", math.ceil(100.12) print "math.ceil(100.72) : ", math.ceil(100.72) print "math.ceil(119L) : ", math.ceil(119L) print "math.ceil(math.pi) : ", math.ceil(math.pi)
After running the above example output is:
math.ceil(-45.17) : -45.0 math.ceil(100.12) : 101.0 math.ceil(100.72) : 101.0 math.ceil(119L) : 119.0 math.ceil(math.pi) : 4.0