iOS Question What is "Round2" B4A function in B4i?

[PrayudiPramono]

With B4A
a = Round2(10/3 , 2)
a = 3.33

How do I do that with B4i?

 

[klaus]

I use this workaround:

#If B4i
Private Sub Round2(Number As Double, DecimalPlaces As Int) As Double
    Private shift As Double = Power(10, DecimalPlaces)
    Return Round(Number * shift) / shift
End Sub
#End If

 

[mcqueccu]

Use Numberformat

Log(NumberFormat(10/3,0,2))

 

[klaus]

It depends on what you want to do.
Get a number in return or display the number as a String.

 

[Erel]

I've yet to see a case where it wasn't a mistake to use Round2.
If you have a number and you want to display it (convert to string) then you should use NumberFormat or B4XFormatter.

 

[klaus]

I use Round2 in the xChart class to calculate scale values by compairing values rounded to 12 decimals instead of the standard 15.
For display I use always NumberFormat.

 

[Erel]

I would have used something like:

If Abs(v1 - v2) < EPSILON Then ...

Round2 is also fine for this.

 

[roumei]

I've yet to see a case where it wasn't a mistake to use Round2.

I've got a (admittedly very rare) case where using Round2 or something similar is quite useful:
A point-in-triangle test can only test if the point is really inside the triangle but fails if it lies on one of the edges. In my case, the three points of a triangle are always on some kind of a grid with equidistant spacing like 0.25 m.
Round2 helps to shift the test point very slightly (only if needed) so that the point-in-triangle test will in most cases be able to 'hit' the inside of a triangle. This approach is much more efficient than additionally testing if the point lies on an edge.