Python number method ceil() returns ceiling value of x - the smallest integer not less than x.
Following is the syntax for ceil() method −
import math math.ceil( x )
Note − This function is not accessible directly, so we need to import math module and then we need to call this function using math static object.
x − This is a numeric expression.
This method returns smallest integer not less than x.
The following example shows the usage of 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)
When we run above program, it produces following result −
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