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CEILING(<num>)
This is a ‘rounding’ function but different in that it always rounds up to the integer above. Mainly of interest to
programmers.
Eg.
CEILING(3.2)
= 4
CEILING(32.99)
= 33
CEILING((12+ 6)/7)
=
CEILING(2.0642…)
= 3
Note:
CEILING(-2.56)
= -2 not -3. The
CEILING
function rounds up
to the next integer
above
, which is -2.
See also:
ROUND
,
TRUNCATE
,
FLOOR
,
INT
DEG RAD(<deg>)
This function converts degrees to radians.
Eg.
DEG RAD(30)
= 0.5235…
DEG RAD(180)
= 3.1415926…
RAD
HMS
DEG
,
HMS
,
See also:
FLOOR(<num>)
This function is the same as the
CEILING
function, except that it always
rounds down.
Eg.
FLOOR(3.75)
= 3
FLOOR(45.01)
= 45
Note:
FLOOR(-2.56)
= -3 not -2.
The
FLOOR
function is the same as the mathematical function ‘greatest
integer’ which is studied in many mathematical courses.
If you want to graph the greatest integer function then you will need to
use the
PLOT SETUP
view to turn off
CONNECT
first, since the graph
is supposed to be a discontinuous step function. The result with
CONNECT
turned on is not good.
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