roundUp function?

[Roger Eller]

Peter,

ceil works in 8.1.1, and in the docs of 8.1.1 says "Introduced in 6.7", yet
it fails in 6.7.5 and6.7.8, nor is it in the 6.7.x dictionary.

That said, I need it in an app that is built and deployed in 6.7.5.

~Roger


On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Roger Eller <roger.e.eller at sealedair.com>
wrote:

> Thanks, Peter!
>
> ~Roger
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Peter TB Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 22/11/2016 14:15, Roger Eller wrote:
>>
>>>  We have round, which will either round up or down depending on the
>>> decimal
>>> value being > or < .5, but what if I want ANY decimal value, even .01 to
>>> round UP to the next whole number?
>>>
>>
>> You probably want to use "the ceiling of <number>", or "the ceil of
>> <number>".
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>                                      Peter
>>
>> --
>> Dr Peter Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com>
>> LiveCode Technical Project Manager
>>
>> lcb-mode for Emacs: https://github.com/peter-b/lcb-mode
>>
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