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Integer, measure, or currency values. Both expressions must be the same type. The returned value is set according to the

type of the parameters.

Code Sample Examples

Examples 1 and 2 show both ways of adding numbers.

Example 1

show(inttostr(2+2)) %Displays 4

Example 2

show(floattostr(add(4.7,2.1))) %Displays 6.8

Ceil (function)

Returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to the specified measure value.

Syntax

ceil( value ) integer value

Argument

value

Measure value. The absolute value of the measure value must be less than the maximum value of an integer in PostScript

(2,147,483,647).

Code Sample Examples

These examples illustrate various applications of ceil().

ceil( -2.8 ) %Returns -2

ceil( 2.8 ) %Returns 3

ceil( -5.0 ) %Returns -5

Div (function)

Divides an expression with another. This is the functional equivalent to the / operator.

Syntax

div( expression, expression2 ) integer, measure, currency value

Arguments

expression1, expression2

Integer, measure or currency values. Both expressions must be the same type. The returned value is set according to the type

of the parameters.

Code Sample Examples

Examples 1 and 2 show both ways of dividing numbers.