On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:36 PM, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > On 10/02/2012 02:25, noydb wrote: >> >> That {>>> (3219 + 99) // 100} doesnt work if the number is other then >> 4 digits. >> >> >> (for rounding up to nearest 100): >>>>> >>>>> (3219 + 99)//100 >> >> 33 >>>>> >>>>> (3289 + 99)//100 >> >> 33 >>>>> >>>>> (328678 + 99)//100 >> >> 3287 >>>>> >>>>> (328 + 99)//100 >> >> 4 > > >>>> (3219 + 99) // 100 * 100 > 3300 >>>> (3289 + 99) // 100 * 100 > 3300 >>>> (328678 + 99) // 100 * 100 > 328700 >>>> (328 + 99) // 100 * 100 > 400 > > Those are all rounded up to the nearest 100 correctly.
One thing to be aware of though is that while the "round down" formula works interchangeably for ints and floats, the "round up" formula does not. >>> (3300.5 + 99) // 100 * 100 3300.0 A more consistent alternative is to negate the number, round down, and then negate again. >>> -(-(3300.5) // 100 * 100) 3400.0 Cheers, Ian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list