Round a number up to certain significant figures

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Round a number up to certain significant figures

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Apr-06-2017, 12:59 PM

To round to nearest N:

* add N/2
* integer-divide by N
* multiply by N

def round(x,N):
    return ( (x+N/2) // N) * N

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Round a number up to certain significant figures - by brocq_18 - Apr-06-2017, 12:12 PM

RE: Round a number up to certain significant figures - by snippsat - Apr-06-2017, 12:28 PM

RE: Round a number up to certain significant figures - by Ofnuts - Apr-06-2017, 12:59 PM

RE: Round a number up to certain significant figures - by brocq_18 - Apr-06-2017, 06:13 PM

RE: Round a number up to certain significant figures - by alicarlos13 - Apr-06-2017, 06:49 PM

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