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Round()

Category: Number

Syntax: Round ( number ; precision )

Parameters: number ”any expression that resolves to a numeric value; precision ”any number or numeric expression, representing the number of decimal points to which to round the number.

Description: Returns the specified number rounded off to the number of decimal points specified by the precision parameter. The Round() function rounds numbers from 5 to 9 upward, and from 0 to 4 downward.

Examples:

Round (62.566 ; 2)

Returns 62.57 .

Round (62.563 ; 2)

Returns 62.56 .

Round (92.4 ; 0)

Returns 92 .

Round (32343.98 ; -3)

Returns 32000 .

Round (505.999 ; -1)

Returns 510 .

Comments:

A precision of 0 rounds to the nearest integer. A negative number for the precision causes the number to be rounded to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand, and so on.