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Mathematical rounding
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01/02/2005 07:00:11
 
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Visual FoxPro
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>anyone claiming 12.4 correct has lost their marbles dude.
>
>no mater what comes after the 4 in 12.34 it's still going to be rounded to a 3.
>
>the 4 part of 12.34 defines the 1st decimal number as beng closer to 3 than 4 (decimal number probably isn't the right term but you know what I mean the 1st number after the decimal point)

As I understand it now, when rounding 12.345 to 1 decimal the 3 is called the least significant digit and the 4 is the first non-significant digit.

>this is simple,
>1.49 is very nearly 1.5 but it's not, it's 1.5 and therefore rounds to 1, try looking at everything after that first decimal as a whole not one by on from the right, that's madness.
>
>same applys here. keep your collegues away from any important programming for all of our sakes!

Mmmm... let me see, how am I gonna tell them that tactfully?! ;)
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Peter de Valença

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