Re: Rounding??

[Nicholas Lee <nj lee plumtree co nz>]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 06:50:47PM -0300, Alves, Carlos Alberto - Coelce wrote:
> Ok, I think it is a Math question!
> Rounding operation works for the next decimal point above or below;
> depending on the last decimal value is less or greater than 5 ( if it is
> equal, than rounding should truncate that decimal).


I think its important to note that truncating and rounding used together
will always cause the display error that bought this issue to my
attention.


ie. 

3 + .38 = 3.37 2dp, or something similar.


I think its either better to just truncate or just round (in the normal
manner, ie. up at 5).


Nicholas