Re: Rounding numbers

2002-04-17 Thread Chas Owens
On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 13:46, drieux wrote: > > On Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 10:12 , bob ackerman wrote: > > > for integers: > > (add one) divide by 2. > > $rndup = ($var+1)/2; > > that would give you a float > > print "half of $_ rounded up is " . ( ($_ + 1) / 2) . "\n" >

Re: Rounding numbers

2002-04-17 Thread Michael Fowler
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 01:01:45PM -0400, Glenn Cannon wrote: > I am dividing a number by 2. How do I force a round up of the result? perldoc -q round or http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6.1/pod/perlfaq4.html third question Michael -- Administrator www.shoebox.net Programmer

Re: Rounding numbers

2002-04-17 Thread drieux
On Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 10:12 , bob ackerman wrote: > for integers: > (add one) divide by 2. > $rndup = ($var+1)/2; that would give you a float print "half of $_ rounded up is " . ( ($_ + 1) / 2) . "\n" foreach (@ARGV) ; perl /tmp/drieux/roundup.p

Re: Rounding numbers

2002-04-17 Thread bob ackerman
for integers: (add one) divide by 2. $rndup = ($var+1)/2; On Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 10:01 AM, Glenn Cannon wrote: > I am dividing a number by 2. How do I force a round up of the result? > > Glenn. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PR

Re: Rounding numbers

2002-04-17 Thread Chas Owens
On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 13:01, Glenn Cannon wrote: > I am dividing a number by 2. How do I force a round up of the result? > > Glenn. There is undoubtedly a module for this, but here are some off the top of my head solutions: Unconditional round-up (ceiling): $ceiling = int($num+.5) == int($nu

Rounding numbers

2002-04-17 Thread Glenn Cannon
I am dividing a number by 2. How do I force a round up of the result? Glenn.