Re: how to round off a decimal to the next whole number

2008-08-08 Thread Dr.Ruud
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: 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. Define next. You can use POSIX::ceil(), but then -1.23 becomes -1 and you might want -2 there? $ echo -1.23 4.1 5 |perl -MPOSIX -nwle'print

RE: how to round off a decimal to the next whole number

2008-08-06 Thread Stewart Anderson
-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

Re: how to round off a decimal to the next whole number

2008-08-06 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 13:31 +0800, [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

Re: how to round off a decimal to the next whole number

2008-08-06 Thread Jeff Pang
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 写道: 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. $number = int($number) + 1; also does the same thing. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: how to round off a decimal to the next whole number

2008-08-06 Thread Rob Dixon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. You need the ceil() function from the POSIX module.

how to round off a decimal to the next whole number

2008-08-05 Thread itshardtogetone
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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

Re: how to round off a decimal to the next whole number

2008-08-05 Thread Anirban Adhikary
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 --