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Return the smallest integral value that is not less than the specified `x`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdldfp&lowbar;decimalutil&period;h&gt;`

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static
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ceil(xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal32.adoc[Decimal32] x);
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== Description

Special value handling&colon; &ast; if `x` is quiet NaN, quiet NaN is returned&period; &ast; If `x` is signaling NaN, quiet NaN is returned and the value of the macro `EDOM` is stored into `errno`&period; &ast; if `x` is &plus;&sol;&hyphen;infinity or &plus;&sol;&hyphen;0, it is returned unmodified&period;

Examples&colon; `ceil(0&period;5)` &equals;&equals;&gt; 1&period;0&semi; ceil(&hyphen;0&period;5) &equals;&equals;&gt; 0&period;0


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