Method

# Ceiling

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## Description

Returns the value specified rounded up to the nearest whole number.

## Usage

``` xojo
result = Ceiling(value)
```

| Part   | Description                                                       |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| result | The <span class="title-ref">ceiling</span> of *value*.            |
| value  | The value you want the <span class="title-ref">ceiling</span> of. |

## Notes

The result of this function is a `Double</api/data_types/double>`, but it will always contain a whole number.

## Sample code

This code uses the <span class="title-ref">Ceiling</span> function to return <span class="title-ref">Ceiling</span> of a number.

``` xojo
Var d As Double
d = Ceiling(1.234) ' returns 2
```

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Because <span class="title-ref">Ceiling</span> will always return a whole number, to round a decimal value to a certain number of places, you must first multiple the number by 10^ (the number of decimal places to which you wish to round) then take the value returned by <span class="title-ref">Ceiling</span> of that number and divide it by 10^ (the number of decimal places to which you wish to round). In this code, the value 1.2345 is being rounded to two decimal places:

``` xojo
Var d As Double
d = Ceiling(1.234 * 100) / 100
```

## Compatibility

|                       |     |
|-----------------------|-----|
| **Project Types**     | All |
| **Operating Systems** | All |

<div class="seealso">

`Floor</api/math/floor>`, `Round</api/math/round>` functions.

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