#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use POSIX qw /ceil/; my @data = qw /1 2 4 5 9 10 99 100 110 124 125 900 999 1000 1100/; foreach (@data) { my $frac = $_ < 100 ? 5 : (1 . ("0" x (length ($_) - 1))) / 4; my $new = $frac * ceil ($_ / $frac); print "$_: $new\n"; } __END__ 1: 5 2: 5 4: 5 5: 5 9: 10 10: 10 99: 100 100: 100 110: 125 124: 125 125: 125 900: 900 999: 1000 1000: 1000 1100: 1250