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How do I round a number?

by Anonymous Monk
on Jul 25, 2000 at 23:48 UTC ( [id://24335]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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How do I round a number?

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Re: How do I round a number?
by ryanus (Sexton) on Jul 06, 2002 at 22:15 UTC

    I would use Math::Round. It is easy to use. For example:

    use Math::Round; print nearest(.01, 1.555);
    prints '1.56'.

Re: How do I round a number?
by fundflow (Chaplain) on Jul 26, 2000 at 00:22 UTC
    The guy asked to round a number, the simplest way is (my highschool teacher would be proud now..): $rounded = int ( $orig + 0.5 )
    This approach floors any decimal portion less than 0.5, and rounds up (in value) any decimal portion greater than .5. That means the following:
    1.1 rounds to 1.0. 1.5 rounds to 2.0. -1.1 rounds to 1.0. -1.5 rounds to 1.0.
      This concept presented above can be expanded to round to more (or less) percision than just "round number to nearest integer". i.e.

      Round to nearest hundred (100):

      $rounded=100*int(0.5+$number/100);
      Round to nearst tenth (0.1):
      $rounded=0.1*int(0.5+$number/0.1);
      etc...
      $rounded = int ( $orig + 0.5 ) assumes $rounded is positive.
      More generally:  use POSIX; $rounded = floor ( $orig + 0.5 )
      or $rounded = sprintf( "%.f" , $orig ) to properly handle the half-way case
      See also `perldoc -q round`
Re: How do I round a number?
by buckaduck (Chaplain) on Apr 23, 2001 at 12:32 UTC
    For scientific applications requiring the use of significant figures ("sig figs"), I strongly recommend the Math::SigFigs module. Unfortunately, the CPAN testers still haven't cleared it for Windows clients, though...
    use Math::SigFigs; print FormatSigFigs($number, $digits);
Re: How do I round a number?
by jlistf (Monk) on Jul 26, 2000 at 00:15 UTC
    POSIX probably has an appropriate routine that'll do just that. You could also try using sprintf with the appropriate %0.2f (or whatever precision you're looking for). finally (TMTOWTDI), you could use the int keyword to truncate it, which might be more effective. for example, to generate dice rolls:
    int( rand 6 ) +1;
Re: How do I round a number?
by japhy (Canon) on Jul 26, 2000 at 05:37 UTC
    Different rounding schema:
    # 1.1 => 1; 1.9 => 1; -1.1 => -2; -1.9 => -2 $rounded = POSIX::floor($value); # 1.1 => 2; 1.9 => 2; -1.1 => -1; -1.9 => -1 $rounded = POSIX::ceil($value); # 1.1 => 1; 1.9 => 2; -1.1 => -1; -1.9 => -2 $rounded = round($value); sub round { $_[0] > 0 ? int($_[0] + .5) : -int(-$_[0] + .5) }
Re: How do I round a number?
by powerman (Friar) on Apr 23, 2002 at 11:44 UTC
    Here shown all round-like functions which exists in perl:
    #!/usr/bin/perl use POSIX; @a=(3.3, 3.5, 3.7, -3.3, -3.5, -3.7, 3.45); print "number\tint\tprintf\tfloor\tceil\n"; printf "%.2f\t%.1f\t%.1f\t%.2f\t%.2f\n", $_, int, $_, floor($_), ceil($_) foreach (@a);
    This code produce this output:
    number	int	printf	floor	ceil
    3.30	3.0	3.3	3.00	4.00
    3.50	3.0	3.5	3.00	4.00
    3.70	3.0	3.7	3.00	4.00
    -3.30	-3.0	-3.3	-4.00	-3.00
    -3.50	-3.0	-3.5	-4.00	-3.00
    -3.70	-3.0	-3.7	-4.00	-3.00
    3.45	3.0	3.5	3.00	4.00
    
Re: How do I round a number?
by 5mi11er (Deacon) on Apr 27, 2005 at 16:54 UTC
    I was looking for a ceil(x,y) function similar to what exists in excel, where x is the thing to round, and y is "significance" according to Excel v9 (Office 2000), I prefer to think of it as "interval".

    But, I was also intrigued by several of the other answers given (found via supersearch), and then in a fit of playing around, I created several variations below.

    My personal restrictions were to use math operations, and not rely on other modules. This eliminated the printf and POSIX answers.

      See also ikegami's scratchpad (look for "Rounding"). Make sure your solutions work under all the same conditions.

      Caution: Contents may have been coded under pressure.
        Wow, that's quite a scratchpad, thanks.

        So, I hadn't thought much about negative numbers. Is it mathematically correct for the ceiling function to go to the next more negative number (to the left on a number line) or to truncate (ie int) a negative number (move toward the right on a number line)?

        I think the rounding functions for negative numbers are correct (don't need adjusting), you're simply moving toward the nearest whole number...

        -Scott

        Update: As further discussed below, the code did originally have issues, the code in the answer above has now been replaced by working code.

Re: How do I round a number?
by Mago (Parson) on Jul 09, 2003 at 19:25 UTC
    If you are using integers, and want to use Math::BigInt:


    Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package

    DESCRIPTION

    All operators (inlcuding basic math operations) are overloaded if you declare your big integers as

      $i = new Math::BigInt '123_456_789_123_456_789';

    (snip)


    METHODS

    round

    $x->round($A,$P,$round_mode); # round to accuracy or precision using + mode $r

Re: How do I round a number?
by Nimster (Sexton) on Jul 26, 2000 at 09:46 UTC
    How about
    Use integer; $thevalue*=1;
    Seems the simplest, IMHO. It rounds everything down, btw - so it acts kinda like 'div' in PASCAL. That's where it's useful. For rounding to the nearest, use any of the above.
      I think you mean int?(been a while since I used pascal). Div was the divisor operation. The result being not a rounded down number, but the divisor of the operation. as in: 5 div 2 = 2 meaining 5/2 = 2 remainder 1 . Div returns the 2, Mod returns the 1. Admittedly this is irrelivant to the origonal question, but... :)
Re: How do I round a number?
by I0 (Priest) on Jan 03, 2001 at 16:08 UTC
    perldoc -q "round function"

    Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.

Re: How do I round a number?
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 16, 2004 at 08:59 UTC
    23

    Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.

Re: How do I round a number?
by Anonymous Monk on May 22, 2003 at 00:55 UTC
    how about a round function that let me round percentages so that they total up to 100%? anything that rounds down won't do that ...

    Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.

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