Calculate the Floor and Ceiling values in R Programming – floor() and ceiling() Function

floor() function in R Language returns the largest integer that is smaller than or equal to value passed to it as argument(i.e : rounds downs to the nearest integer).

Syntax: floor(x)

Parameter:
x: Value to be rounded off

Example 1:

# R program to calculate floor value

# Using floor() method
answer1 <- floor(1.2)
answer2 <- floor(1.5)
answer3 <- floor(2.6)
answer4 <- floor(-2.6)

print(answer1)
print(answer2)
print(answer3)
print(answer4)

Output:

1
1
2
-3

ceiling() Function

ceiling() function in R Language returns the smallest integer that is greater than or equal to the value passed to it as argument(i.e : rounds up to the nearest integer).

Syntax: ceiling(x)

Parameter:
x: Value to be rounded off

Example 1:

# R program to calculate ceiling value

# Using ceiling() method
answer1 <- ceiling(1.2)
answer2 <- ceiling(1.5)
answer3 <- ceiling(2.6)
answer4 <- ceiling(-2.6)

print(answer1)
print(answer2)
print(answer3)
print(answer4)

Output:

2
2
3
-2