03-26-2009
Rounding off decimals to the nearest number in PERL
Hi Guys,
I am generating a statistical report , below is the snippet of the code :
Quote:
$sliceStartTime = &convertTime($sTime);
$sliceEndTime = &convertTime($eTime);
$totalTime = $sliceEndTime - $sliceStartTime;
$nSlices = $totalTime / ($slice * 60);
Now, $nSlices stands for the time duration,meaning,the statistics will be displayed for that particular time duration. Trouble is, for certain values of $totalTime (which is the end time - start time ), i end up getting decimal values for $nSlices. I am coding this in PERL, and i wish i could find a way to round off the decimals to the nearest whole number. For example, if the value of $nSlices is 23.323232 i would like to round it off to 23, and if the value of $nSlices is 23.7878787 i would like to round it off to 24. Basically,anything over .5 and above gets rounded off to the next whole number, and anything below .5 gets rounded off to the previous number. Anyways that i can achieve this? Help would be much appreciated!
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ROUND(3) 1 ROUND(3)
round - Rounds a float
SYNOPSIS
float round (float $val, [int $precision], [int $mode = PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP])
DESCRIPTION
Returns the rounded value of $val to specified $precision (number of digits after the decimal point). $precision can also be negative or
zero (default).
Note
PHP doesn't handle strings like "12,300.2" correctly by default. See converting from strings.
PARAMETERS
o $val
- The value to round
o $precision
- The optional number of decimal digits to round to.
o $mode
- Use one of the following constants to specify the mode in which rounding occurs.
+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Constant | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| | |
| PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP | |
| | |
| | Round $val up to $precision decimal places away |
| | from zero, when it is half way there. Making 1.5 |
| | into 2 and -1.5 into -2. |
| | |
| | |
|PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN | |
| | |
| | Round $val down to $precision decimal places |
| | towards zero, when it is half way there. Making |
| | 1.5 into 1 and -1.5 into -1. |
| | |
| | |
|PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN | |
| | |
| | Round $val to $precision decimal places towards |
| | the next even value. |
| | |
| | |
|PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD | |
| | |
| | Round $val to $precision decimal places towards |
| | the next odd value. |
| | |
+--------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
RETURN VALUES
The rounded value
EXAMPLES
Example #1
round(3) examples
<?php
echo round(3.4); // 3
echo round(3.5); // 4
echo round(3.6); // 4
echo round(3.6, 0); // 4
echo round(1.95583, 2); // 1.96
echo round(1241757, -3); // 1242000
echo round(5.045, 2); // 5.05
echo round(5.055, 2); // 5.06
?>
Example #2
$mode examples
<?php
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // 10
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 9
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 10
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // 9
echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // 9
echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 8
echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 8
echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // 9
?>
Example #3
$mode with precision examples
<?php
/* Using PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP with 1 decimal digit precision */
echo round( 1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // 1.6
echo round( 1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // 1.5
echo round(-1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // -1.6
echo round(-1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // -1.5
/* Using PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN with 1 decimal digit precision */
echo round( 1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 1.5
echo round( 1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 1.5
echo round(-1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // -1.5
echo round(-1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // -1.5
/* Using PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN with 1 decimal digit precision */
echo round( 1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 1.6
echo round( 1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 1.5
echo round(-1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // -1.6
echo round(-1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // -1.5
/* Using PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD with 1 decimal digit precision */
echo round( 1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // 1.5
echo round( 1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // 1.5
echo round(-1.55, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // -1.5
echo round(-1.54, 1, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // -1.5
?>
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.0 | |
| | |
| | The $mode parameter was introduced. |
| | |
| 5.2.7 | |
| | |
| | The inner workings of round(3) was changed to |
| | conform to the C99 standard. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
ceil(3), floor(3), number_format(3).
PHP Documentation Group ROUND(3)