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rounding values to the nearest 5 or 10

hi there,

any help with this one? i have say, numbers which i'd like to be rounded to
the nearest 5 or 10, example:

147.24 -->>150
181.99 -->> 180
824.18 -->>825
822.49 -->>820

and so on.. is there anything that i can do this right away in .net or would
i have to somehow create my own little rounding function for this?

thanks,
Paul
Apr 27 '06 #1
4 3653
Check out Math.Round
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...0k(VS.80).aspx
"Milsnips" <mi******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
hi there,

any help with this one? i have say, numbers which i'd like to be rounded
to the nearest 5 or 10, example:

147.24 -->>150
181.99 -->> 180
824.18 -->>825
822.49 -->>820

and so on.. is there anything that i can do this right away in .net or
would i have to somehow create my own little rounding function for this?

thanks,
Paul

Apr 27 '06 #2
"Milsnips" <mi******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
hi there,

any help with this one? i have say, numbers which i'd like to be rounded
to the nearest 5 or 10, example:

147.24 -->>150
181.99 -->> 180
824.18 -->>825
822.49 -->>820

and so on.. is there anything that i can do this right away in .net or
would i have to somehow create my own little rounding function for this?


The rounding function isn't hard.

static int round5(float x)
{
return (x % 5) >= 2.5 ? (int)(x / 5) * 5 + 5 : (int)(x / 5) * 5;
}

I count a worse case scenario of 5 cpu ops, which is probably a good deal
less than the stack frame cost.
Apr 27 '06 #3
> hi there,

any help with this one? i have say, numbers which i'd like to be rounded to
the nearest 5 or 10, example:

147.24 -->>150
181.99 -->> 180
824.18 -->>825
822.49 -->>820

and so on.. is there anything that i can do this right away in .net or would
i have to somehow create my own little rounding function for this?

thanks,
Paul


Divide the value by five, round it to the nearest integer, then multiply
it by five.

Example:

double x = 147.24
int y = (int)Math.Round(x / 5.0) * 5;

(This will of course round the number to 145, not 150 as you used in
your example.)
Apr 28 '06 #4
yep, thats right, just what i was after! thanks alot.

regards,
Paul.

"Göran Andersson" <gu***@guffa.com> wrote in message
news:uk**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
hi there,

any help with this one? i have say, numbers which i'd like to be rounded
to the nearest 5 or 10, example:

147.24 -->>150
181.99 -->> 180
824.18 -->>825
822.49 -->>820

and so on.. is there anything that i can do this right away in .net or
would i have to somehow create my own little rounding function for this?

thanks,
Paul


Divide the value by five, round it to the nearest integer, then multiply
it by five.

Example:

double x = 147.24
int y = (int)Math.Round(x / 5.0) * 5;

(This will of course round the number to 145, not 150 as you used in your
example.)

Apr 28 '06 #5

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