CEILING macro

The CEILING macro is available only in Unica Campaign.

Syntax

CEILING(data)

Parameters

data

The numerical values to compute the ceiling of. This can be a constant value, a column, a cell range, or an expression evaluating to any of the above. For the format definition of data, see the "Macro Function Parameters" section in the chapter in this guide for your product.

Description

CEILING calculates the ceiling of the values in the specified data range. The ceiling of a number is the smallest integer not less than the number. CEILING returns one new column for each input column, each containing the ceiling of numbers in the corresponding input column.

Examples

TEMP = CEILING(4.3)

Creates a new column named TEMP containing the value 5.
TEMP = CEILING(2.9)

Creates a new column named TEMP containing the value -2.
TEMP = CEILING(V1)

Creates a new column named TEMP, where each value is the ceiling of the contents of column V1.
TEMP = CEILING(V1:V3)

Creates three new columns named TEMP, VX, and VY. The values in the TEMP column are the ceilings of the contents of column V1, the values of the VX column are the ceilings of the contents of column V2, and the values of the VY column are the ceilings of the contents of column V3.
TEMP = CEILING(V1[10:20])

Creates a new column named TEMP, where the first 11 cells contain the ceilings of the values in rows 10-20 of column V1. The other cells in TEMP are empty.
TEMP = CEILING(V1[50:99]:V2)

Creates two new columns named TEMP and VX, each with values in rows 1-50 (the other cells are empty). The values in column TEMP are the ceilings of the rows of column V1, and the values in column VX are the ceilings of the values in column V2.

Related functions

Function Description
FLOOR or INT Computes the floor of each value in the specified data range
FRACTION Returns the fractional part of each value in the specified data range
TRUNCATE Returns the non-fractional part of each value in the specified data range