From: Konrad Meyer <konrad@...>
Date: 2007-10-27T05:06:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Rounding to the nearest 0.05

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Quoth Peter Roome:
> > Just off-hand, my initial reaction would be:
> >=20
> >   (a * 20).round.to_f/20
> >=20
> > where "a" is your variable.  Some quick tests with irb seems to show
> > this as working.
> >=20
> > Coey
>=20
> Cheers for the quick response guys, much appreciated. What difference
> would the .to_f make between these solutions?
> --=20
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

One solution used (expr).to_f/20, the other used (expr)/20.0.
Both of these ensure floating point division is used instead of integer=20
division, that's all.

=2D-=20
Konrad Meyer <konrad@tylerc.org> http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/

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