round not rounding to 0 places

[Fuzzydave]

I have been using a round command in a few places to round
a value to zero decimal places using the following format,

round('+value+', 0)

but this consistantly returns the rounded result of the value
to one decimal place with a zero

EG:

4.97 is returned as 5.0 when i want it returned as 5, does
anyone know why this is and if i can get the round to make
the value 5?

David P

 

[Sybren Stuvel]

Fuzzydave enlightened us with:

round('+value+', 0)

4.97 is returned as 5.0 when i want it returned as 5

round returns a float. Use

int(round('+value+', 0))

to get an integer.

Sybren

 

[Simon Forman]

I have been using a round command in a few places to round
a value to zero decimal places using the following format,

round('+value+', 0)

but this consistantly returns the rounded result of the value
to one decimal place with a zero

EG:

4.97 is returned as 5.0 when i want it returned as 5, does
anyone know why this is and if i can get the round to make
the value 5?

David P

|>> n = 4.97
|>> round(n)
5.0
|>> int(round(n))
5
|>> help(round)
Help on built-in function round in module __builtin__:

round(...)
round(number[, ndigits]) -> floating point number

Round a number to a given precision in decimal digits (default 0
digits).
This always returns a floating point number. Precision may be
negative.


HTH,
~Simon


BTW, '+value+' ..? Huh?

 

[Tim Leslie]

I have been using a round command in a few places to round
a value to zero decimal places using the following format,

round('+value+', 0)

but this consistantly returns the rounded result of the value
to one decimal place with a zero

EG:

4.97 is returned as 5.0 when i want it returned as 5, does
anyone know why this is and if i can get the round to make
the value 5?

round returns a float. You probably want to convert it to an int.

 

[Fuzzydave]

round returns a float. Use
int(round('+value+', 0))
to get an integer.
Sybren

ahh of course it does, slaps own forehead sorted
thanks

David P

 

[Cameron Laird]

round returns a float. You probably want to convert it to an int.

5

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I'm surprised no one has recommended

"%.0f" % 4.97

 

[Sybren Stuvel]

Cameron Laird enlightened us with:

I'm surprised no one has recommended

"%.0f" % 4.97

Probably because that returns '5', not 5 ;-)

Sybren