ceil

Function

  ceil — ceiling of a number

Synopsis

ceil(n: number) -> number

Description

The ceil function returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to its argument n, which must be a numeric type. The return type retains the type of the argument.

Examples

The ceiling of a various numbers:

echo '1.5 -1.5 1(uint8) 1.5(float32)' | zq -z 'yield ceil(this)' -

=>

2.
-1.
1(uint8)
2.(float32)