{"id":66,"date":"2021-03-11T16:32:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahscomputingpython\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2021-03-26T12:14:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T12:14:33","slug":"rounding-numbers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahscomputingpython\/reference\/rounding-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rounding Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

round() Function<\/h1>\n

Rounding to the nearest whole number<\/h2>\n
\r\n#\r\naverage = round(average, 2)\r\n#\r\n<\/pre>\n
Rounding to a number of decimal places<\/h2>\n
\r\n#\r\ninterest = round(interest, 2)\r\n#\r\n<\/pre>\n
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Convert Floating Point Numbers to Integers (Higher)<\/h1>\n
round() function<\/h2>\n
\r\n# round () function will round to nearest integer\r\nfor fp in [12.8, 12.1, -12.1, -12.8]:\r\n    integer = round(fp)   \r\n    print(f"{fp:5} rounds to {integer}")\r\n<\/pre>\n
 12.8 rounds to 13\n 12.1 rounds to 12\n-12.1 rounds to -12\n-12.8 rounds to -13\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n# .5s will round to nearest even integer    \r\nfor fp in [10.5, 11.5, 12.5, 13.5]:\r\n    integer = round(fp)   \r\n    print(f"{fp:5} rounds to {integer}")\r\n<\/pre>\n
 10.5 rounds to 10\n 11.5 rounds to 12\n 12.5 rounds to 12\n 13.5 rounds to 14<\/pre>\n
int() function<\/h2>\n
\r\n# int() function will remove any decimal values \r\n# this is the same as rounding to towards zero \r\nfor fp in [12.8, 12.1, -12.1, -12.8]: \r\n    integer = int(fp) \r\n    print(f"The integer part of {fp:5} is {integer}") \r\n# <\/pre>\n
The integer part of 12.8 is 12\nThe integer part of 12.1 is 12\nThe integer part of -12.1 is -12\nThe integer part of -12.8 is -12<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
round() Function Rounding to the nearest whole number # average = round(average, 2) # Rounding to a number of decimal places # interest = round(interest, 2) # Convert Floating Point Numbers to Integers (Higher) round() function # round () function will round to nearest integer for fp in [12.8, 12.1, -12.1, -12.8]: integer = round(fp) print(f"{fp:5} rounds to {integer}") 12.8 rounds to 13 12.1 rounds to 12 -12.1 rounds to<\/p>\n
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