rounding a number...

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 02-05-93 (08:54)             Number: 360
From: DAVID COLSTON                Refer#: NONE
  To: CHRIS TRACY                   Recvd: NO  
Subj: rounding a number...           Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

CT>Does anyone know if there is a routine to actually round
CT>a number for real t
CT>certain decimal place? like 3.1415 (hehe) would become
CT>3.142? or something l
CT>that.... or have it round up or down... etc... you get the picture.. i know
CT>just kills all the number after it, but thats not really what i was looking
CT>for...

CT>-Night Crawler

There are several kinds of rounds. INT(X!) gives a truncated round. i.e.
INT(1.9) = 1
CINT rounds up
CINT(1.9) = 2
To use either round on a single or double precision number to X% places:
A! = CINT(A& * 10 * X%)/(10 * X%)
   David---

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