Liquid divided_by and ceil filter return wrong value

[mdarifulislam]

{% assign max_avail_columns = 3 | divided_by: 5 | ceil %} code return 0 value with ceil formatter, it should return 1. I think this is a bug in Liquid. It should (3/5=0.6) and ceil(0.6)=1 but return 0 

[DrewOswald · Accepted solution]

It’s not a bug — it’s just how Liquid handles numbers. When you write 3 | divided_by: 5, Liquid does integer math, so the result is 0. Then 0 | ceil is still 0.

To fix it, make one of the numbers a decimal:

{% assign max_avail_columns = 3.0 | divided_by: 5 | ceil %}

Now it does 3.0 ÷ 5 = 0.6, and ceil turns that into 1.

[mdarifulislam]

Thank you, DrewOswald i found the solution based on your reply, that is {% assign max_avail_columns = 3.0 | plus:0.0 | divided_by: 5 | ceil %} its gives the correct value 👍