ROUNDING NUMBERS: Which method do you use? SEE MANY METHODS

[Moneo]

PLASMA:
Ok, let's not make this into a personal issue.

To review the 3 points:

1) I got started off on the wrong foot on this one because I didn't realize it was a joke. Sorry.

2) The "common" method turns out not so common when you use CINT and INT to round, specially for negative numbers. A programmer who's thinking in terms of the "common" method and who does not fully test using CINT and INT, will come to a rude awakening when the user complains that the rounding is not "common".

3) I misunderstood you on this one.

In summary, joke or no joke, in all honesty I don't feel that your participation in the thread added any insight, contribution, or better undersanding of the subject for those of us involved. That's why I labelled your comments as "off-the-wall". I was reacting defensively. If I offended you in any way, I apologize. If you want to consider me as "Captain Badass", that's your choice.
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[Plasma]

All right, all right, sorry about the badass stuff.

My first post was just supposed to be funny, but I see now that it probably offended you...

And as for the misunderstandings...all I can say is I hate non-threaded boards.

Although, I do think I presented a few worthwhile points: QB rounds the way it does because it uses the FPU, which rounds the way it does because it's faster and cheaper. It's not really a "flaw with QB". And secondly, while QB is very generous in the math functions it provides, it still does not have many functions built-in. So I don't think that a lack of a "common" rounding function is that big a deal, especially when you can write one with one line of code.


....and that's all I have to say about that.

[LinkMaster Sab]

Alright Forrest .

It does just about any math function I know, so that'd be through Geometry so far... its doing pretty good . I'm in 10th grade, just so you don't think I've only done Geometry throughout my school time .

[oracle]

Ahhh well... if you want to round properly, just make a function for it. At least now some people know the pitfalls of using inbuilt rounding functions, and since they cannot change there is not too much point worrying about it...

[LinkMaster Sab]

Really... I didn't know about those pitfalls until this post. Thanks.

[oracle]

That sums it up nicely, don't you think? :lol: