It's a pretty simple question that doesn't require much explanation but this problem I'm having is annoying. So how do you change a decimal number like 123.343 and round it to the nearest whole number? I'm not the best at math. Any help?
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How do you round a decimal value to the nearest whole number?
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An elegant solution would be to add 0.5 and round it down.
function round(n)
return math.floor(n + 0.5)
end
There are several ways of rounding negative numbers. See this page for some more info. This implementation rounds -1.5 to -1, not -2.
print(math.floor(123.343))
math.floor(NUMBER HERE) allows the decimal to go to the nearest whole number.
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The nearest whole number to 0.9 is 1, not 0.
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Thanks for the help!