Question

How do i use round(number[,]) function? need it for pset2

Answer 1

Well lets say your number is:
longfloat=123.364573648538

You want it to print out max 2 floating point digits (rounding the rest of the digits) : 123.36
To do that you must type :

round(longfloat,2)

where, longfloat is the variable where you assign your number
and 2 the length of the floating point part.

Try it in Python by changing 2 and putting other numbers to see how it works:)

Answer 2

Ok, this works perfectly in the shell, but in a script it seems to have no effect. How can this be?

Answer 3

how do u write it in the script?

Answer 4

in the script to print out smthing u must use the print function .
so:

print (round(longfloat,2))

Answer 5

tried that, it prints but its not rounded

Answer 6

Do you mean rounded to the nearest integer or rounded to specific decimal places?

@MicroBot showed you how to round to specific decimal places!

Answer 7

@snackbox can u paste the code line that u r trying to print out so we can help u more?

Answer 8

Thanks @MicroBot here is the code. I'd like to round output 1, and output 2, to two decimal places.

Answer 9

x = 1000
y = 0.18
z = 0.02
m = 1


while m < 13:
print 'period : ', m
mp = x * z
print 'output 1 : ', mp
rb = (x - mp) * (1 + z / 12)
print 'output 2 : ', rb
m = m + 1
x = rb

Answer 10

well u r supposed to write:

print ('output 1:', round(mp,2))

same procedure for output 2.

tell me if it works.

Answer 11

Taa Daa! It worked. You da bomb. take a bow

Answer 12

xD im happy it did!