Is there any Java function or util class which does rounding this way: func(3/2) = 2?

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Rig Veda picture Rig Veda · Jul 2, 2009 · Viewed 32.5k times · Source

Is there any Java function or util class which does rounding this way: func(3/2) = 2

Math.ceil() doesn't help, which by name should have done so. I am aware of BigDecimal, but don't need it.

Answer

jjnguy picture jjnguy · Jul 2, 2009

Math.ceil() will always round up, however you are doing integer division with 3/2. Thus, since in integer division 3/2 = 1 (not 1.5) the ceiling of 1 is 1.

What you would need to do to achieve the results you want is Math.ceil(3/2.0);

By doing the division by a double amount (2.0), you end up doing floating point division instead of integer division. Thus 3/2.0 = 1.5, and the ceil() of 1.5 is always 2.

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