Re: Newbie Truncate question

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From: Mark Griffiths
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 14:50

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> > Since when does casting round??
>
> The Java Language Specification uses the terminology from the IEEE 754
> floating point spec.  Java uses "round toward zero" as opposed to
> "round to nearest".  What it calls "round toward zero" is often
> referred to as truncation.

oops.. sorry to all..  I misinterpreted 'round toward zero'.

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Mark

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