Rounding off problem.

[Stephen J. Gowdy]

Round to an even number in the case of .5, I think someone mentioned that 
already.

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008, Geoffrey wrote:

> David Brown wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 04:05:32PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>>> I would expect neither.  I would expect that if rounded, it should
>>> round to 20,001.00.
>>>
>>> Your first suggestion would be rounding down.  I've never seen
>>> anything like your second suggestion, unless it's a typo and meant,
>>> 20,001.00.
>>
>> Sorry, that was a typo.  I meant either rouding to the nearest even
>> integer, or rounding up when in the middle.  The problem with always
>> rouding the $0.50 up is that it introduces a slight bias to the result.
>
> In that case, there are very specific rules to rounding.  5 or greater,
> round up, less then 5 round down.
>
> The bias issue is understood, but it's also a fact of life, I can't help
> you there. :)
>
>>
>> David
>>
>
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