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Re: round down to nearest number

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On 10/02/2012 03:29, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 2/9/2012 8:23 PM, noydb wrote:
>>  So how would you round UP always?  Say the number is 3219, so you want
>   >>>  (3333//100+1)*100
> 3400
>
Doing it that way doesn't always work. For example:

 >>> (3400 // 100 + 1) * 100
3500

However:

 >>> (3400 + 99) // 100 * 100
3400

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round down to nearest number noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 16:30 -0800
  Re: round down to nearest number Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 17:47 -0700
    Re: round down to nearest number noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 17:23 -0800
      Re: round down to nearest number Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-02-09 17:43 -0800
        Re: round down to nearest number Olive <diolu@bigfoot.com> - 2012-02-10 21:56 +0100
      Re: round down to nearest number Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 19:00 -0700
        Re: round down to nearest number noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 18:25 -0800
          Re: round down to nearest number MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-02-10 03:36 +0000
          Re: round down to nearest number Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-02-09 23:21 -0700
          Re: round down to nearest number Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2012-02-10 09:58 +0000
            Re: round down to nearest number noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2012-02-10 09:23 -0800
          Re: round down to nearest number Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2012-02-10 22:05 +1100
      Re: round down to nearest number Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-02-09 22:29 -0500
        Re: round down to nearest number Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2012-02-11 11:26 +0100
      Re: round down to nearest number MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-02-10 03:39 +0000

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