Re: Slightly OT: Rounding Negative Numbers

I know the rule "round up", but does "up" mean the highest value (-0.87) or the highest absolute magnitude (-0.88)? :)

• Bill.

At 09:53 28/08/2002 -0800, you wrote:

>I would think -0.875 would round up therefore -0.87 is my guess.
>
>Rick
>

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