> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anirban Adhikary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 06 August 2008 06:51
> To: beginners@perl.org
> Subject: Re: how to round off a decimal to the next whole number
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 11:01 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > How do I round off a decimal to the next nearest whole digit ,
> > example
> > 0.123 = 1,
> > 1.23 = 2,
> > 4.7312 = 5, etc etc.....
> >
> > Right now I can only do the above by extracting the first digit
using
> > splice , then add one.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
This is straight from the Perl FAQ.
sub round {
my($number) = shift;
return int($number + .5);
}
Stu
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