Round value the float value in iOS - iphone

Question

I am developing an app and want to round off values
i.e if the output is 4.8 I want to display 4.8
while if the output is 4.0 , I want to display 4
Also, it would be great if I could precisely round values : as in if value is 4.34 then round to 4.3 while if its 4.37 then round it to 4.4

Answer 1

One way to round floating point values is to just add 0.5 and then truncate the value.
double valueToRound = GetTheValueFromSomewhere();
double roundedValue = (double)((int)(valueToRound + 0.5));
This will round 1.4 down to 1.0 and 1.5 up to 2.0 for example. To round to other decimal places as you mentioned, simply multiply the initial value by 10, or 100, etc. use the same sort of code, and then divide the result by the same number and you'll get the same result at whatever decimal place you want.
Here's an example for rounding at an arbitrary precision.
double valueToRound = GetTheValueFromSomewhere();
int decimalPrecisionAtWhichToRound = 0;
double scale = 10^decimalPrecisionAtWhichToRound;
double tmp = valueToRound * scale;
tmp = (double)((int)(tmp + 0.5));
double roundedValue = tmp / scale;
So, if decimalPrecisionAtWhichToRound is set to 0 as in the above it'll round to the nearest whole integer. 1.4 will round to 1.0. 1.5 will round to 2.0.
If you set decimalPrecisionAtWhichToRound to 1, it would round to the nearest tenth. 1.45 would round to 1.5 and 1.43 would round to 1.4.

Answer 2

You need to first understand how to do rounding on paper, without someone showing you the code to do it. Write down some numbers and figure out how to round them.
To round to a specific decimal position you add half the value of that position and then truncate. Ie, 1.67 + 0.05 = 1.72 then truncate to 1.7.
But there are two tricky things in programming that aren't there when you do it on paper:
Knowing how to truncate -- There are several ways to do it while programming, but they're non-trivial.
Dealing with the fact that floating-point numbers are imprecise. Ie, there is no exact representation of, say, 1.7, but rather the two closest numbers are apt to be something like 1.69998 and 1.700001
For truncating the trick of multiplying the number by the appropriate power of 10 to produce an integer works pretty well. Eg, (1.67 + 0.05) * 10 = 17.2, then convert to int to get 17, then convert back to float and divide by 10 to get 1.7 (more or less). Or (if you're printing or displaying the value) just format the integer number with the decimal point inserted. (By formatting the integer value you don't have to deal with the problem of imprecise floating point representations.)
If you want to suppress trailing zeros it gets a bit trickier and you probably have to actually write some code -- format the number, then scan backwards and take off any trailing zeros up to the decimal point. (And take the decimal point too, if you wish.)

Answer 3

float number=17.125;
NSNumberFormatter *format = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc]init];
[format setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterDecimalStyle];
[format setRoundingMode:NSNumberFormatterRoundHalfUp];
[format setMaximumFractionDigits:2];
NSString *temp = [format stringFromNumber:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:number]];
NSLog(#"%#",temp);

Answer 4

double myNumber = 7.99;
NSString *formattedNumber = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%.*f",
fmod(round(myNumber * 10), 10) ? 1 : 0, myNumber];