Re: Rounding
Re: Rounding
- Subject: Re: Rounding
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 19:21:26 -0800
On 3/19/02 6:50 PM, I wrote:
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On 3/19/02 5:47 PM, "Rob Jorgensen" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> I need to extract the minutes from the time string of current date
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> and then round them up to the next 5 minute increment. I can extract
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> the minutes with no problem but the rounding is my weak spot (my loss
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> of mathematical ability is documented in the archives of this list).
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> :P
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> So, how do I round 14 to 15, or 16 to 20? Does anyone care to share a
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> handler which addresses this?
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set X to RoundUpTo5(x)
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on RoundUpTo5(X)
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return (5 * ((x div 5) + 1))
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end RoundUpTo5
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Sorry - a little too simple, forgetting about the case where the number is
already divisible by 5. Improved:
set x to RoundUpTo5(x)
on RoundUpTo5(X)
if (x mod 5) /= 0 then
return (5 * ((x div 5) + 1))
else
return x
end if
end RoundUpTo5
--
Paul Berkowitz
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