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Old 02-08-2006
how to round a value
Hello,
In a unix shell script,i want to round a variabele to a nearest number

Ex: set count=104.4

How can i round that to 105.?

Thanks,
Sateesh
# 2  
Old 02-08-2006
You can't round 104.4 to 105 in base 10. But if you meant 104.6, you can do...
Code:
$ ksh
$ x=104.6
$ x=$(echo $x +.5 | bc)
$ x=${x%.*}
$ echo $x
105
$

# 3  
Old 02-08-2006
Or do you mean a CEILING function which will raise a value to the nearest integer value? This would raise 104.4 to 105.
 
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