Answer to rounding any number to a given decimal point
Michel Biedermann
michelbi at oregon.uoregon.edu
Tue May 23 16:18:17 AEST 1989
Here is the most elegant answer to the problem of rounding-off an arbitrary
number to an arbitrary decimal level.
#define round(x,y) ((x < 0.0F? ceil((x)/(y)-.5F)*(y) : floor((x)/(y)+.5F)*(y)))
round(1.5555,.1) will return 1.6
round(-1.555,.1) will return -1.6
round(.502,.01) will return .50
Credit is due to Steve Emmerson (steve at umigw.miami.edu). Thanks Steve...
Michel Biedermann
U. of Oregon
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