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<h1>round</h1>
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<td><nobr>Type:</nobr></td>
<td><nobr> - </nobr></td>
<td width="100%"><nobr>Lisp function (closure)</nobr></td>
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<td><nobr>Source:</nobr></td>
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<h2>Syntax</h2>
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<dt><nobr>(<b>round</b> <i>number</i>)</nobr></dt>
<dd><i>number</i> - an integer or floating point numbers<br>
returns - the number, rounded to the next integer value</dd>
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<p>In Nyquist, 'round' is implemented as a Lisp function:</p>
<pre class="example">
(defun <font color="#0000CC">round</font> (x)
(cond ((> x 0) (truncate (+ x 0.5)))
((= (- x 0.5) (truncate (- x 0.5))) (truncate x))
(t (truncate (- x 0.5)))))
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<h2>Description</h2>
<p>The 'round' function rounds a number to the next integer value. This is
tricky because <a href="truncate.htm">truncate</a> rounds toward zero as
<nobr>does C</nobr> in other words, rounding is down for positive numbers
and up for negative numbers. <nobr>You can</nobr> convert rounding up to
rounding down by subtracting one, but this fails on the integers, so we need
a special test if <nobr>(- x 0.5)</nobr> is an integer.</p>
<h2>Examples</h2>
<pre class="example">
(round .5) => 1
(round -.5) => 0
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