AS Cant make number into integer?

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From: Shane_Stanley
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:21

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You can coerce reals to integers in recent versions of AS, although I'd
argue it's not really a coercion because it changes the value. What you
probably need to do is use "round" to round the value:

 round (5.4)

You can round in different ways (up, down, nearest, etc).

It's actually quicker in most cases to dispense with round, which involves
the overhead of a call to a scripting addition, and instead use the built-in
div command:

 set x to 5.4
 (x + 0.5) div 1

-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>

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