Re: int (-8.9)=-9 or -8

[pcunnane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

     Seems open to interpretation, but my definition of any %int function 
     would be "the integer portion of".  By this definition, -8 is correct. 
     "The next smallest integer" seems a tad arbitrary to me.
     
     -- 
     Paul Cunnane


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Subject: RE: int(-8.9)=-9 or -8
Author:  "Laskosky; Matt" <MLaskosk@kmart.com> at InterNet
Date:    2000-03-02 6:36 am


And Perl returns -8, and according to my instructor this is correct since 
the function of %int(-8.9) is to return the integer value of the number w/o 
first rounding the number.
     
Who's right? 
     
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