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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting rounding time in perl Post 302394444 by borderblaster on Thursday 11th of February 2010 11:02:37 AM
Old 02-11-2010
hi hojung-yoon,

I really like your solution. I have tested it though and there is a problem that for example 07, 59, 59 gets rounded to 07, 60 ,00. Is there a way I can handle this so that it rounds to 08,00,00?

Many thanks

Last edited by borderblaster; 02-11-2010 at 01:03 PM..
 

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lrintd64(3M)															      lrintd64(3M)

NAME
lrintd64(), lrintd128(), lrintd32() - decimal round to nearest long int functions SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
rounds its argument to the nearest value, rounding according to the current (decimal) rounding direction mode. is equivalent to except that it rounds to instead of is a version of it takes a argument. is a version of it takes a argument. These math functions are supported for HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2008 Update and forward. USAGE
To use any of these functions, compile with the option. Make sure your program defines and then includes Link in the math library by specifying or on the linking command line. For more information, see the at the following site: RETURN VALUE
If x is or NaN or the rounded value is outside the range of then returns the minimum value and raises the invalid floating-point exception. If the rounded value is within the range of then raises the inexact exception if the result differs in value from the argument. ERRORS
If x is NaN, sets to If x is or the rounded value is outside the range of sets to SEE ALSO
ceild64(3M), fabsd64(3M), fe_dec_getround(3M), fe_dec_setround(3M), floord64(3M), fmodd64(3M), llrintd64(3M), llroundd64(3M), lroundd64(3M), rintd64(3M), roundd64(3M), truncd64(3M), math(5). STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
These functions conform to ISO/IEC TR 24732, "Extension for the programming language C to support decimal floating-point arithmetic". HP Integrity Server Only lrintd64(3M)
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