## CEIL(a)

CEIL(a) is an arithmetic function that calculates the smallest integer value that is greater than or equal to the expression a (a number).

The result is a fixed point number with 0 decimal places.

An error message is output if it is not possible to represent the result of CEIL(a) as a fixed point number.

| Result of the Function CEIL(a)
a is the NULL value | NULL Value
a is a special NULL value | Special NULL value