Ar2

ar2 is a function that rounds a number to two digits. The method used is the method known as Round half away from zero

Syntax

  ar2(NUMEXPR)

• NUMEXPR is an expression returning a numeric value.

Examples

Local Decimal AMOUNT1, AMOUNT2, ROUNDED1, ROUNDED2, ROUNDED3
  AMOUNT1=3.14159265 : ROUNDED1=ar2(AMOUNT1) : # ROUNDED1 is equal to 3.14
  AMOUNT1=40.055 : AMOUNT2=-AMOUNT1
  ROUNDED1=ar2(AMOUNT1) : ROUNDED2=ar2(AMOUNT2)
  ROUNDED3=-ROUNDED1
  # The value found are now
  # ROUNDED1=40.06, ROUNDED2=-40.06, ROUNDED3=-40.06

Description

ar2(X) can also be calculated by one of the following formulas:
* sgn(X)int(100abs(X)+0.5)/100
* arr(X*100,1)/100
* arr(X,0.01)

The type of result is the same as the type of its argument.

Associated errors

Error	Description
10	The type of argument is not numeric.

See also

arr, int, fix, abs.