---
title: math.floor() function
description: >
  `math.floor()` returns the greatest integer value less than or equal to `x`.
menu:
  flux_v0_ref:
    name: math.floor
    parent: math
    identifier: math/floor
weight: 101
---

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`math.floor()` returns the greatest integer value less than or equal to `x`.



##### Function type signature

```js
(x: float) => float
```

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## Parameters

### x
({{< req >}})
Value to operate on.




## Examples

- [Return the nearest integer less than a value](#return-the-nearest-integer-less-than-a-value)
- [Use math.floor in map](#use-mathfloor-in-map)

### Return the nearest integer less than a value

```js
import "math"

math.floor(x: 1.22)// 1.0


```


### Use math.floor in map

```js
import "sampledata"
import "math"

sampledata.float()
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: math.floor(x: r._value)}))

```

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#### Input data

| _time                | *tag | _value  |
| -------------------- | ---- | ------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t1   | -2.18   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t1   | 10.92   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t1   | 7.35    |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t1   | 17.53   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t1   | 15.23   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t1   | 4.43    |

| _time                | *tag | _value  |
| -------------------- | ---- | ------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t2   | 19.85   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t2   | 4.97    |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t2   | -3.75   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t2   | 19.77   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t2   | 13.86   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t2   | 1.86    |


#### Output data

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | -3      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 10      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 7       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 17      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 15      | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 4       | t1   |

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 19      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 4       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | -4      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 19      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 13      | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 1       | t2   |

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