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Subject: Re: Truncating a fixed-point value
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On Jul 9, 1:06=A0pm, Adam Beneschan <a...@irvine.com> wrote:
> I must be suffering from an embarrassing mental block, because I'm
> sure there's a simple solution, but I can't see what it is.
>
> I have a value X of a fixed-point type, X >=3D 0.0, and I need to
> compute Floor(X) as an Integer. =A0'Truncation and 'Floor aren't defined
> for fixed-point types; the type conversion Integer(X) rounds; and
> Integer(X-0.5) fails if X=3D0.0.
>
> How do others do this? =A0Or do I have to resort to an IF statement (or
> conditional expression in Ada 2012) to handle the different cases?
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0-- Adam

I'd think that 1-Integer(X+0.5) would work... wouldn't it?