a roundDown function

[jmk_phd]

It would be nice to have a roundDown function in LC, similar to the the ROUNDDOWN in Excel and other spreadsheets.

For now I was able to work around this by using the LC trunc() function, inasmuch as the result needed was a whole number (i.e., sans decimals). But I can at least imagine a case in which rounding down to a single decimal place might be needed -- doable currently in LC, but requiring some acrobatics.

Thanks.

jeff k

[dunbarx]

As you say, existing native LC gadgetry can do this pretty easily. You do know how to use the "round" function with both positive and negative parameters, right?

I doubt whether this will get much traction in Scotland, but we will see what the community says...

Craig Newman

[richmond62]

Here's a thought:

No: I'm not being a sarcastic old so-and-so.

Ah:

"Just" chop off the offending decimal points?

[richmond62]

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on mouseUp
   ask "How many decimal points"
   put it into DPOINTS
   put fld "fNUM" into CIPHER
   put (CIPHER mod 1) into CEND
   put (CIPHER - CEND) into CTOP
   put CTOP into fld "fOUT"
   put "." after fld "fOUT"
   delete char 1 of CEND
   delete char 1 of CEND
   repeat with XX=1 to DPOINTS
      if char XX of CEND is not empty then
         put char XX of CEND after fld "fOUT"
         end if
   end repeat
end mouseUp

Round Downer.livecode.zip

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[jacque]

There's a statRound() function that provides decimal precision.

[[-hh]]

This is possibly what you want for rounding down:

To have *always* one decimal place (also for integers) you could use

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put format("%.1f",var1) into fld 1

This is good for currency (yields *always* two decimal places)

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put format("$%.2f",var1) into fld 1

[mwieder]

Depends on your needs. Rounding and truncating are different operations.

The difference is that the statRound() function will return the *nearest* value with reference to the desired number of decimal places, and for negative values the *nearest* may not be the *next lower*.

The trunc() function will return just the integer part of the input value, which will be the next *lower* integer for positive values and the next *higher* integer for negative values.

The floor() function will correctly provide the next *lower* integer value for both positive and negative input values, but this is different from a rounding function in that it may not provide the *nearest* integer.

round(3.2) => 3
round(3.7) => 4
statRound(3.149265,2) => 3.14
statRound(3.987654,2) => 3.99
trunc(3.2) => 3
trunc(3.7) => 3
floor(3.2) => 3
floor(3.7) => 3

round(-3.2) => -3
round(-3.7) => -4
statRound(-3.149265,2) => -3.14
statRound(-3.987654,2) => -3.99
trunc(-3.2) => -3
trunc(-3.7) => -3
floor(-3.2) => -4
floor(-3.7) => -4