ceiling Function

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Returns the smallest integer that is not less than the argument.

number ceiling(number)

Example

This example demonstrates ceiling() expressions.

XML File

None; the XSLT file calls itself.

XSLT File (ceiling.xsl)

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="ceiling.xsl"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
      xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
   <p/>ceiling(2.5) = 
      <xsl:value-of select='ceiling(2.5)'/>
   <p/>ceiling(-2.3) = 
      <xsl:value-of select='ceiling(-2.3)'/>
   <p/>ceiling(4) = 
      <xsl:value-of select='ceiling(4)'/>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Formatted Output

ceiling(2.5) = 3

ceiling(-2.3) = -2

ceiling(4) = 4

Processor Output

<?xml version="1.0"?><p />ceiling(2.5) =
      3<p />ceiling(-2.3) =
      -2<p />ceiling(4) =
      4

See Also

Reference

XML Data Types Reference