Difference Between Floor And Ceiling Functions

Difference between the floor function and the ceiling function.

Difference between floor and ceiling functions.

I have a vague impression that min max are more simplistic and floor ceiling are more mathematical but that s not much to go on. Javascript i believe is one example. Ceil short for ceiling and floor function are both mathematical functions. You can follow the question or vote as helpful but you cannot reply to this thread.

It is often used in mathematical equations as well as in computer science in the likes of computer applications like spreadsheets database programs and computer languages like c c and python. Whats the difference i use round to round the number to amount of digits specified but what do ceiling and floor do that is different. Some say int 3 65 4 the same as the floor function. Floor ceil ceiling and some languages have both.

The int function short for integer is like the floor function but some calculators and computer programs show different results when given negative numbers. Rounddown 2 5 2 floor 2 5 2 rounddown 2 5 2. As a point there is another difference between the functions in that in relation to a numberline floor will typically round down accurately to the left and ceiling will round up to the right. This thread is locked.

The ceil function and the floor function have a different definition. The ceiling function is a kind of step function since it looks like a staircase. Rounddown however will round towards zero and roundup will round away from zero. And this is the ceiling function.

I ve always been a bit fuzzy on the difference between the former pair and the latter pair.