Re: Newbie Truncate question

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From: Rich Wilkman
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:54

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Mark:

Or you could check sign, Math.abs it, floor it and then reapply the sign
on the way out.  This cat has been skinned six ways from Sunday!

-Rich

Mark Griffiths wrote:
> 
> I wrote:
> > int anInteger = Math.floor(aDouble);
> >
> > (floor() is a static method in the class java.lang.Math)
> 
> 1. I forgot the cast.  It should be:  int anInteger =
> (int)Math.floor(aDouble)
> 
> 2. Also, watch out for negative values.  Math.floor(-3.5) will return 4.0.
> You may find Math.ceil() more appropriate for negative values.

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