On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Evert Rol <evert....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I realise that one cannot have a half integer :) I meant how would one > round off to the first decimal nearest to either 0.5, or a whole number. > > > > Ugh...does anyone get what I'm trying to articulate? :) > > Multiply by 2, round(), divide by 2? > That sounds like a good idea: > > >>> n = [1.0 + x/10.0 for x in range(10)] # get some numbers to test > >>> n > [1.0, 1.1000000000000001, 1.2, 1.3, 1.3999999999999999, 1.5, > 1.6000000000000001, 1.7, 1.8, 1.8999999999999999] > >>> r = [round(2*x)/2.0 for x in n] # double, round, then divide by 2.0 > >>> r > [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 2.0, 2.0] > >>> > > -- Joel Goldstick
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