Name

round — Round a floating-point value to the nearest integer

Usage

Float.round(num)

num : Floating point

Description

Returns the closest integer to num. Returns num itself if it’s an integer. Values ending in .5 are defined to be closest to the integer above.

Returns invalid if num can’t be converted to floating point or if the result doesn’t fit into an integer.

Examples

Float.round(17.0)

returns integer 17 

Float.round(17.4)

returns integer 17 

Float.round(17.5)

returns integer 18 

Float.round(-17.0)

returns integer -17 

Float.round(-17.4)

returns integer -17 

Float.round(-17.5)

returns integer -17 (not -18)

Float.round(5e10)

returns invalid 

Float.round(-5e10)

returns invalid 

Float.round("foo")

returns invalid

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