--- "Ziad El-Khatib" wrote:
> tried to look for help round but did not understand it well.
> how to round variable (weight) to have it 0 decimal, e.g. 5 instead
> of 4.20?
It is conventional to round 4.20 down to 4 instead of up to 5, and this
is what -round- does. If you always want to round up you can use the
-ceil- function, and if you always want to round down you can use the
-floor- function:
. di round(4.20)
4
. di ceil(4.20)
5
. di floor(4.20)
4
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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