in reply to shocking imprecision

If you want int to round-off, just add 0.5 before taking the integer part.

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Re^2: shocking imprecision
by Ovid (Cardinal) on Oct 18, 2011 at 05:32 UTC

    Actually, that's why sprintf and printf are recommended:

    perl -E 'say int(-1.2 + .5); printf("%d\n",-1.2)'

    One of those is going to send the Monk back here with more questions :)

    Cheers,
    Ovid

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