SPUG:strange rounding problems
Alan
alan at ufies.org
Thu Jan 30 16:33:43 CST 2003
Is this just the way that perl does it, or is this something that I
wasn't taught in school?
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 05:24:01PM -0500, Adrian Hands wrote:
> Odd rounds up, even rounds down.
> e.g.:
>
> 11.5 -> 12
> 12.5 -> 12
> 13.5 -> 14
> 14.5 -> 14
> 15.5 -> 15
>
> This prevents skewing in favor of up.
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