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guest
Newbie
Joined: 15 Jan 2001
Posts: 7
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 Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 9:29 am
Messing with numbers
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Specifically, is there any way to make ZMud round a number to the thousands, rather than the ones place?
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LightBulb
MASTER
Joined: 28 Nov 2000
Posts: 4817
Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 4:15 pm
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Yes. Use a rounding formula.
If you provided an example of what you want to do, it would probably be easier to help you do it. |
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Danlo
Magician
Joined: 28 Nov 2003
Posts: 313
Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 4:44 pm
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I don't think there is an inbuilt function to round up to the thousand mark. But the following script worked for me:
#alias round {#var loopcount 4;#var roundednumber {%1};#IF (%len(%1)>3) {#IF (%number(%rightback(%1,3))>500) {#WHILE (%number(%copy(%rightback(%1,@loopcount),1,1))=9 AND @loopcount<%len(%1)) {#add loopcount 1};#VAR roundednumber {%concat(%leftback(%1,@loopcount),%eval(%copy(%rightback(%1,@loopcount),1,1)+1))};#LOOP %eval(@loopcount-1) {#var roundednumber {%concat(@roundednumber,"0")}}} {#var roundednumber {%number(%concat(%leftback(%1,3),"000"))}}} {#IF (%1>500) {#var roundednumber {1000}} {#var roundednumber {0}}};#ECHO @roundednumber}
To round, just type: Round <value-to-be-rounded> |
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LightBulb
MASTER
Joined: 28 Nov 2000
Posts: 4817
Location: USA
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Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:37 am
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It would be simpler to just do what your math teacher taught you:
1. Divide by 1000 to get the quotient
2. Find the remainder with modulus division (the operator or the %mod function)
3. If the remainder is 500 or greater, add 1 to the quotient
4. Multiply the result by 1000
No loops are needed. A simple formula will do the whole thing. But I really wanted guest to clarify the intended use, so that there was a better chance the answer would not require further instructions on how to use it.
(@number/1000) + %eval( @number1000 > 499) * 1000 |
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Danlo
Magician
Joined: 28 Nov 2003
Posts: 313
Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 12:10 pm
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That should show how much attention I paid in maths. And what does modulus do? I don't recall ever learning that in maths.
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