Round
Details
- Mathematical function, suitable for both symbolic and numerical manipulation.
- Round rounds numbers of the form x .5 toward the nearest even integer.
- Round[x] returns an integer when x is any numeric quantity, whether or not it is an explicit number.
- Round[x] applies separately to real and imaginary parts of complex numbers.
- If a is not a real number, Round[x,a] is given by the formula Round[x,a]a Round[x/a]. »
- For exact numeric quantities, Round internally uses numerical approximations to establish its result. This process can be affected by the setting of the global variable $MaxExtraPrecision.
- Round automatically threads over lists. »
Examples
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Scope (32)
Numerical Evaluation (8)
Value at two consecutive half-integers:
Single-argument Round always returns an exact result:
The two-argument form tracks the precision of the second argument:
Evaluate efficiently at high precision:
Round can deal with real‐valued intervals:
Compute the elementwise values of an array using automatic threading:
Or compute the matrix Round function using MatrixFunction:
Compute average-case statistical intervals using Around:
Specific Values (6)
Visualization (4)
Function Properties (10)
Round[x] is defined for all real and complex inputs:
Round[x,a] is defined for a!=0:
Round can produce infinitely large and small results:
Round is an odd function in its first argument:
Round is an even function in its second argument:
Round is not an analytic function:
It has both singularities and discontinuities:
Round is nondecreasing:
Round is not injective:
Round is not surjective:
Round is neither non-negative nor non-positive:
Round is neither convex nor concave:
Applications (2)
Properties & Relations (6)
Negative numbers also round to the nearest integer:
Round[x,a] gives the multiple of a nearest to x:
In general, it can be expressed in terms of the one-argument form as follows:
Round[x,-a] is equal to Round[x,a]:
At midpoints, Round rounds toward even integers:
This is also true of the two-argument form, where it rounds toward even multiples:
Possible Issues (1)
Round does not automatically resolve the value:
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), Round, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Round.html (updated 2007).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "Round." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2007. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Round.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). Round. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Round.html