>>> round(76.1, -2) 100.0 >>> round(76.1, -1) 80.0 >>> round(76.1) 76.0 >>>
builtin function round, will work for you...... Help on built-in function round in module __builtin__: round(...) round(number[, ndigits]) -> floating point number Round a number to a given precision in decimal digits (default 0 digits). This always returns a floating point number. Precision may be negative. good luck.. Edwin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Machin Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 5:54 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: How to round a floating point to nearest 10? On Aug 10, 1:19 am, Mensanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 9, 6:31 am, Will Rocisky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I want my 76.1 to be rounded to decimal 80 and 74.9 to decimal 70. > > How can I achieve that? > >>> print '%.0e' % 74.9 > 7e+01 > >>> print '%.0e' % 76.1 > > 8e+01 But: >>> print '%.0e' % 176.1 2e+002 Giving the Subject ("How to round a floating point to nearest 10?"), there's a strong presumption that the OP would want the answer to be 180, not 200. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list The information contained in this message and any attachment may be proprietary, confidential, and privileged or subject to the work product doctrine and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by replying to this message and deleting it and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list