Ceil vs floor functions.
Difference between floor and ceiling functions.
I ve always been a bit fuzzy on the difference between the former pair and the latter pair.
Ceil short for ceiling and floor function are both mathematical functions.
Javascript i believe is one example.
Some say int 3 65 4 the same as the floor function.
The int function short for integer is like the floor function but some calculators and computer programs show different results when given negative numbers.
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.
And this is the ceiling function.
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.
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.
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.
Rounddown 2 5 2 floor 2 5 2 rounddown 2 5 2.
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.
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Floor ceil ceiling and some languages have both.
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