Calculator User Manual
790  Appendix A: Functions and Instructions 
ceiling()  MATH/Number menu 
ceiling(
expression1
)  ⇒
⇒⇒
⇒ 
integer
Returns the nearest integer that is ‚ the 
argument. 
The argument can be a real or a complex number.
Note: See also 
floor(). 
ceiling(0.456) ¸ 1. 
ceiling(
list1
)  ⇒
⇒⇒
⇒ 
list
ceiling(
matrix1
)  ⇒
⇒⇒
⇒ 
matrix 
Returns a list or matrix of the ceiling of each 
element. 
ceiling({ë3.1,1,2.5}) ¸ 
 {ë3. 1 3.} 
ceiling([0,ë3.2i;1.3,4])
 ¸ 
[
0
2.
 ë3.ø
i
4
] 
BldData  CATALOG 
BldData [
dataVar
] 
Creates data variable 
dataVar
 based on the 
information used to plot the current graph. 
BldData is valid in all graphing modes. 
If 
dataVar
 is omitted, the data is stored in the 
system variable 
sysData. 
Note: The first time you start the Data/Matrix 
Editor after using 
BldData, 
dataVar
 or sysData 
(depending on the argument you used with 
BldData) is set as the current data variable. 
The incremental values used for any independent 
variables (
x in the example to the right) are 
calculated according to the Window variable 
values. 
For information about the increments used to 
evaluate a graph, refer to the module that 
describes that graphing mode. 
In function graphing mode and Radian angle 
mode: 
8ùsin(x)!y1(x) ¸ Done 
2ùsin(x)!y2(x) ¸ Done 
ZoomStd ¸ 
@ " 
BldData ¸ Done 
O 6 ¸ 
3D graphing mode has two independent 
variables. In the sample data to the right, notice 
that 
x remains constant as y increments through 
its range of values. 
Then, 
x increments to its next value and y again 
increments through its range. This pattern 
continues until 
x has incremented through its 
range. 
Note: The following sample data is from a 3D 
graph. 










