Re: note 18956 deleted from function.round by imajes

I agree. .5 should round to the next number (like ceil) So 2.5 would round to 3 (or it should) --Andrew On Tuesday 19 February 2002 10:03 am, you wrote: > >js5@sanger.ac.uk > >17-Jan-2002 11:17 > > > >This isn't a bug. Rounding of "halves" is usally done to the > >even number. This means that on average half of the "halves" > >are rounded up and half of the "halves" are rounded down. > >So that any "average" calculated should not be affected by > >the rounding. > > Is this a non-USA thing or something? > > I've never heard of this method of rounding (and I've taken 24+ hours of > math courses including Statistical Analysis and Engineering Math I). > > I've always been taught that .5 rounds to the next highest integer of > abs(n), where n can be any number positive or negative. > > Just curious, > Kenneth Love