Any bites on this? On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:23 PM, T J <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a ufunc for rounding away from zero? Or do I need to do > > x2 = sign(x) * ceil(abs(x)) > > whenever I want to round away from zero? Maybe the following is better? > > x_ceil = ceil(x) > x_floor = floor(x) > x2 = where(x >= 0, x_ceil, x_floor) > > Python's round function goes away from zero, so I am looking for the NumPy > equivalent (and using vectorize() seems undesirable). In this sense, it > seems that having a ufunc for this type of rounding could be helpful. > > Aside: Is there interest in a more general around() that allows users to > specify alternative tie-breaking rules, with the default staying 'round > half to nearest even'? [1] > > Also, what is the difference between NumPy's fix() and trunc() functions? > It seems like they achieve the same goal. trunc() was added in 1.3.0. So is > fix() just legacy? > > --- > [1] > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16000574/tie-breaking-of-round-with-numpy > >
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