rounding in java

[newTOjava365]

how do i round numbers to the nearest whole number (int)?

[wtd]

Ceiling:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Math.html#ceil(double)

Floor:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Math.html#floor(double)

[zylum]

yout forgot Math.round()

[bugzpodder]

or some casting would do:
(int)(x+0.5)

[wtd]

bugzpodder wrote:

or some casting would do:
(int)(x+0.5)

The goal of programming should be expressivity. You should be able to read a program and understand what the programmer meant to do.

code:

Math.round(x);

Does that vastly better than

code:

(int)(x + 0.5)

The latter is correct, but not as good expressive as the first.

[bugzpodder]

i am guessing that integer casting is faster than Math.Round

[rizzix]

but u can't simply assume that. they might have optimized Math.Round (since it's so commonly used) who knows

[wtd]

bugzpodder wrote:

i am guessing that integer casting is faster than Math.Round

This attitude is called "premature optimization". It kills projects.

First make your program work, then make it fast. Part of making that first step easier is making your code easier to read and understand. If you use the cast, then you go back and read your code a few weeks later, you may not have any clue what that cast is about. Now you have to read through the code and remember why you did that.

If you see "Math.round" (or floor or ceil), then you know instantly what's going on.

The best optimizations come out of elegantly written software.

[bugzpodder]

rizzix wrote:

but u can't simply assume that. they might have optimized Math.Round (since it's so commonly used) who knows

the casting thing is 2 operations. but i think they do a lot of stuff in Math.Round, including checking for overflows, etc
look at the link i posted in the C# vs java thread in general programming.

wtd, of course that depends on the situation... i've never being a professional developer, so i dont really regard these things as important.

[wtd]

If you ever hope to be a professional developer, start taking them seriously.

[zylum]

i think bugzpodder is in the programming contest mentality where everything needs to be as fast as possible or else it might time out

[bugzpodder]

zylum wrote:

i think bugzpodder is in the programming contest mentality where everything needs to be as fast as possible or else it might time out

right on