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MySQL | CEILING method

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MySQL's CEILING(~) method returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to the provided input number.

Parameters

1. X | number

A number input.

Return value

The smallest integer greater than or equal to the provided input number.

Examples

Consider the following table about some students:

student_id

fname

lname

day_enrolled

age

username

1

Sky

Towner

2015-12-03

17

stowner1

2

Ben

Davis

2016-04-20

19

bdavis2

3

Travis

Apple

2018-08-14

18

tapple3

4

Arthur

David

2016-04-01

16

adavid4

5

Benjamin

Town

2014-01-01

17

btown5

The above sample table can be created using the code here.

Basic usage

To return the smallest integer greater than or equal to -13.5:

SELECT CEILING(-13.5);
+----------------+
| CEILING(-13.5) |
+----------------+
| -13 |
+----------------+

To return the smallest integer greater than or equal to the average age of students:

SELECT CEILING(AVG(age)), AVG(age)
FROM students;
+-------------------+----------+
| CEILING(AVG(age)) | AVG(age) |
+-------------------+----------+
| 18 | 17.4000 |
+-------------------+----------+

18 is the smallest integer larger than 17.4 (the average age of students).

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Official MySQL Documentation
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mathematical-functions.html#function_ceiling
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