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in thread Using (s)printf()
Actually, this isn't quite the whole story. Most everyone follows the IEEE convention of "round towards nearest or even."
Examples (rounding all of these to the one's place):
Examples (rounding all of these to the one's place):
2.51 becomes 3 (this is the 'nearest' rule, which always comes first)
2.49 becomes 2 (again, 'nearest')
However, what happens if you have 2.50 ? Which way do you round it... 'tis no nearer to 2 than to 3. The IEEE standard says if there is a tie, round to the even number.
2.50 becomes 2
3.50 becomes 4
You have to pick up or down... this method is consistent and thus tends to make your errors (statistically) smaller.
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