Charles: Your function misses a special case. If the negative number is an integer, you wouldn’t want to subtract 1 from trunc(theNegativeNumber). Best, Bill On Aug 23, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Charles E Buchwald <char...@buchwald.ca> wrote:
> Jacquie, I tested my script before I posted it, and it works for negative > integers. > Colin, just for fun, I've consolidated mine to one line. > Richmond, maybe you'd like to add "ceiling" to your sample stack? > > function Floor pValue > if pValue < 0 then return trunc(pValue) - 1 else return trunc(pValue) > end Floor > > I know this is trivial, but here's a ceiling function, just to kind of fill > out the thread: > > function Ceiling pValue > if pValue < 0 then return trunc(pValue) else return trunc(pValue) + 1 > end Ceiling > > P.S. I suppose this is the kind of situation where the Open Language thing > would be very nice. If the bunch of us have created a new, valuable and > effective, if esoteric, function, then it would be nice to include it > somewhere so that it doesn't have to be recreated every few months... Or > maybe it should be en enhancement request? I guess I'm not clear on that. > > > On 23 Aug 2014, at 2:03 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > >> Charles' function works except for negative integers. I think it needs to >> check for that. > > -- > Charles E. Buchwald > CEO/Director General > Museografica Digital > http://digital.museografica.com > > Mac OSX 10.9.4, LC 6.6.2 Commercial > > LC Developer Tools: http://buchwald.ca/developer-tools/ > > Email Notice: http://wp.me/P3aT4d-33 > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
