Java Round up Any Number

Stevanicus picture Stevanicus · Dec 27, 2010 · Viewed 333k times · Source

I can't seem to find the answer I'm looking for regarding a simple question: how do I round up any number to the nearest int?

For example, whenever the number is 0.2, 0.7, 0.2222, 0.4324, 0.99999 I would want the outcome to be 1.

So far I have

int b = (int) Math.ceil(a / 100);

It doesn't seem to be doing the job, though.

Answer

moinudin picture moinudin · Dec 27, 2010

Math.ceil() is the correct function to call. I'm guessing a is an int, which would make a / 100 perform integer arithmetic. Try Math.ceil(a / 100.0) instead.

int a = 142;
System.out.println(a / 100);
System.out.println(Math.ceil(a / 100));
System.out.println(a / 100.0);
System.out.println(Math.ceil(a / 100.0));
System.out.println((int) Math.ceil(a / 100.0));

Outputs:

1
1.0
1.42
2.0
2

See http://ideone.com/yhT0l