Difference Between Floor And Ceiling Functions
I ve always been a bit fuzzy on the difference between the former pair and the latter pair.
Difference between floor and ceiling functions. The graph of ceiling function is illustrated below. Difference between the floor function and the ceiling function. Ceil vs floor functions. Some say int 3 65 4 the same as the floor function.
The int function short for integer is like the floor function but some calculators and computer programs show different results when given negative numbers. Rounddown 2 5 2 floor 2 5 2 rounddown 2 5 2. I have a vague impression that min max are more simplistic and floor ceiling are more mathematical but that s not much to go on. This thread is locked.
Whats the difference i use round to round the number to amount of digits specified but what do ceiling and floor do that is different. The ceiling function is a kind of step function since it looks like a staircase. And this is the ceiling function. Javascript i believe is one example.
The ceil function and the floor function have a different definition. Ceil short for ceiling and floor function are both mathematical functions. You can follow the question or vote as helpful but you cannot reply to this thread. As a point there is another difference between the functions in that in relation to a numberline floor will typically round down accurately to the left and ceiling will round up to the right.
Rounddown however will round towards zero and roundup will round away from zero.