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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:47:09 -0700
Subject: Re: round down to nearest number
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On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 5:30 PM, noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do you round down ALWAYS to nearest 100? =A0Like, if I have number
> 3268, I want that rounded down to 3200. =A0I'm doing my rounding like
>>>> round(3268, -2)
> But, how to round DOWN?

>>> 3268 // 100 * 100
3200

For more complicated cases, Decimal objects allow you to specify
alternate rounding modes.