SYNOPSIS
        float ceil(int|float arg)

DESCRIPTION
        Round the <arg>ument upwards the nearest whole number, returning
        that value. If the <arg>ument value is an integer, the result will
        be that value, converted to float.

EXAMPLES
        ceil(4.5)  - returns 5.0
        ceil(-4.5) - returns -4.0
        ceil(4)    - returns 4.0

HISTORY
        Introduced in LDMud 3.2.7.
        LDMud 3.2.9 allowed integers as argument values.

SEE ALSO
        abs(E), floor(E)