-36.0 || -35.9 || -35.8 || -35.7 || -35.6 |||| -35.5 |||| -35.4 || -35.3 || -35.2 || -35.1 || -35.0
The number, negative 35.6, should get rounded up to negative 36. hth charlie hanlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Skinner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:35 PM Subject: RE: CF Round Behavior > Ok. Then, why -35.6 does not round up to -35 ? #Round(-35.6)# actually shows > -36. That kinda confuses me. > > Thanks, > Pine > > Because it is closer to -36, it is the mirror image of +35.4 rounding to 35. > The middle .5 is the special case that is always rounded up (ie in the > positive direction). Rounding from -35.5 to -36 would be down (ie in the > negative direction). It all goes back to that number line thing. > > -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 > > Rounding of 1/2 will always be to the right, the positive direction. > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > --------- > | 1 | | > --------- Binary Soduko > | | | > --------- > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:232239 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
