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Enterprise PL/I for z/OS, Version 4.1, Language Reference

CEIL

CEIL determines the smallest integer value greater than or equal to x, and assigns this value to the result.

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Real expression.

The result has the mode, base, scale, and precision of x, except when x is fixed-point with precision (p,q). The precision of the result is then given by:

  (min(N,max(p-q+1,1)),0)

where N is the maximum number of digits allowed.


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