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# numpy.ceil

`numpy.``ceil`(x[, out]) = <ufunc 'ceil'>

  Return the ceiling of the input, element-wise.

  The ceil of the scalar x is the smallest integer i, such that i >= x. It is often denoted as .

  Parameters: | x : array_like Input data.
  Returns: | y : {ndarray, scalar} The ceiling of each element in x, with `float` dtype.

  See also

  `floor`, `trunc`, `rint`

  Examples

      >>> a = np.array([-1.7, -1.5, -0.2, 0.2, 1.5, 1.7, 2.0])
      >>> np.ceil(a)
      array([-1., -1., -0.,  1.,  2.,  2.,  2.])