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float variable with only 2 decimal

 
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trustno1



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float variable with only 2 decimal
PostPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:56 am     Reply with quote

Hi.
i need to know how truncate a float VARIABLE, for example:

1,23456 ----> 1,23

couse i have to compare values with only two decimal numbers.
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Ttelmah
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:20 am     Reply with quote

Do you absolutely 'have' to be working with float values?. If not, consider using the %w print format, and working using 16bit, or 32bit scaled integers, so you hold 1.23xxx, as 123. Will make comparisons much more accurate, and faster.
If you must use float values, you start to run into the problems that the 'edges' for a trimmed value, will not be well defined, depending on the size of the value concerned. If you want 4/5 rounding, then using a cast is probably the best solution, so:
Code:


if ((int32)(val*100 +0.49999) == 123)


Which will take the float value, multiply it by 100,add 0.49999 (so that 1.236xxx will become 124xxxx), and tun it into an integer for the comparison.
The internal ceil, and floor functions, can also be used on the value*100, but the comparison will be less accurate, and slower.


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:59 pm     Reply with quote

Ttelmah wrote:

If you must use float values, you start to run into the problems that the 'edges' for a trimmed value, will not be well defined, depending on the size of the value concerned. If you want 4/5 rounding, then using a cast is probably the best solution, so:
Code:


if ((int32)(val*100 +0.49999) == 123)


Which will take the float value, multiply it by 100,add 0.49999 (so that 1.236xxx will become 124xxxx), and tun it into an integer for the comparison.
The internal ceil, and floor functions, can also be used on the value*100, but the comparison will be less accurate, and slower.


Best Wishes

Thanks for your reply.

I must use float variables!

I already used ceil function but it returns me an error:

"a #device required before this line" in CCS compiler open automatically math.h library...don't know why!!
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