Re: how to round integers

["Cephus�" <beau@hiwaay.net>]

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Charles LaCour wrote:
> You would get 8 2/3 which becomes 8.66666....  This rounds up to nine
> because .6 >= .5
>
> I'm not an Ada programmer, but this question is not about Ada so I
> thought it would be ok.
>
> "Cephus�" <beau@hiwaay.net> wrote in message
> news:veqcdrsf7o7q57@corp.supernews.com...
>> I am trying to remember the "golden rule" for integer division
>> rounding.
>>
>> I am trying to average something (both integers) and I can't
>> remember how to round without using floating point.
>>
>> Like say I am trying to divide 26/3  --- I would get 8 remainder 2
>>
>> but that should round up to 9. How can I do this? I know it has
>> something to do with the dividend....but I can't for the life of me
>> remember. thanks!
>>
>> Beau

no you can't do this because if you don't specifically type cast an integer
into a float, you have no decimals. So if you say 26/3, you just get 8 in
your variable...in other words it truncates the integer...