This function rounds a numeric value up to the nearest multiple of a numeric factor.
Description
The ceiling numeric operation, to a multiple of a factor.
Type
NUMERIC
Arguments
Type
Meaning
1
NUMERIC
the value
2
NUMERIC
the factor
Evaluation
Converts the value into the units of the factor, then returns the smallest integral multiple of the factor which is not less than the converted value.
The returned value has the units of the factor.
Comments
Note that if the scalar portion of the factor is 1.0, then this function simply returns the ceiling (
) of the value expressed in the units of the factor.
If the two arguments are of a different unit type, this function aborts the run with an error.
) of the value expressed in the units of the factor.