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Ceil and Floor functions in C++

Last Updated : 16 May, 2025

C++ provides floor() and ceil() functions, defined in the <cmath> header file, to find the rounded-down and rounded-up values of floating-point numbers

floor() Function

floor() function takes floating point number as input and returns the largest integer that is smaller than or equal to the value passed as the argument.

Syntax:

Example:


Output
Floor of 2.3 is : 2
Floor of -2.3 is : -3

ceil() Function

ceil() function in C++ returns the smallest integer that is greater than or equal to the value passed as the input argument.

Syntax:

Example:


Output
 Ceil of 2.3 is : 3
 Ceil of -2.3 is : -2

Difference between ceil() and floor() in C++

The ceil and floor functions are important for rounding numbers. Let us see the differences between ceil() and floor() functions in tabular form:

S.No

ceil() Function

floor() Function

1.

It is used to return the smallest integral value n that is not less than n.It is used to return the largest integral value n that is not greater than n.

2.

It rounds the n upwards.It rounds the n downwards.

3.

Its syntax is -:

data_type ceil (n);

Its syntax is -:

data_type floor (n);

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