On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 12:50:54PM +1000, justin randell wrote: > question: why use float and not int?
Because we were dealing with money. Discussions as to why floating point numbers and money do not mix will be left to a later time -- I'm trying to keep the set of concepts learnt in one hit manageable. > #! /usr/bin/php > <?php > print round((float) $argv[1] / 5) * 5 . "\n"; > ?> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/$ ./round5short.php 7.4 > 5 Wrong answer. Should be 10. Note that the rounding methodology considers any remainder > 2 to be worth bringing up to 5. - Matt -- A polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate transform. _______________________________________________ coders mailing list coders@slug.org.au http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/coders
