Re: Conversion of Real to Integer
- Subject: [mg3062] Re: Conversion of Real to Integer
- From: ianc (Ian Collier)
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 04:40:20 -0600
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In article <4efb89$rp7 at dragonfly.wri.com>, TTCJ34A at prodigy.com (DR JOHN C
ERB) wrote:
> In mathematica, how can one emulate the fortran real to integer
> conversion functions INT ( ) and
> NINT ()? An example being: INT(3.6) --> 3 and NINT(3.6) --> 4. Also,
> how does one convert from integer to real? Thank you.
Hello,
The functions you want are: Floor, Ceiling and N.
In[1]:=
Floor[ 3.6 ]
Out[1]=
3
In[2]:=
Ceiling[ 3.6 ]
Out[2]=
4
In[3]:=
N[3 ]
Out[3]=
3.
I hope this helps.
--ian
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