Comparison of approaches for rounding to an integer

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Real numbers can be converted to integers in many ways. Here's a comparison some of them.

program ComparisonOfApproachesForRoundingToInteger(input,output);
// Comparison of approaches for rounding to an integer

uses  SysUtils,Math;

function RoundISO7185(x:real):integer;
// If x is positive or zero, round(x) shall be equivalent to trunc(x+0 .5) ;
// otherwise, round(x) shall be equivalent to trunc(x-0.5)
begin
  If x >= 0 then result := trunc(x+0.5)
    else result := trunc(x-0.5);
end;

var
  r1,r2,r3,r4:real;
  fmt : string;
begin
  r1 := 1.3;
  r2 := 1.6;
  r3 := 3.5;
  r4 := 4.5;
  fmt := '%10s%10s%10s%10s%10s%10s%10s';
  WriteLn(format(fmt,['Value','Write:x:0','Trunc','Round','ISO7185','Floor','Ceil']));
  fmt := '%10d%10d%10d%10d%10d';
  write (r1:10:1,r1:10:0);
  WriteLn(format(fmt,[Trunc(r1),Round(r1),RoundISO7185(r1),floor(r1),ceil(r1)]));
  write (r2:10:1,r2:10:0);
  WriteLn(format(fmt,[Trunc(r2),Round(r2),RoundISO7185(r2),floor(r2),ceil(r2)]));
  write (r3:10:1,r3:10:0);
  WriteLn(format(fmt,[Trunc(r3),Round(r3),RoundISO7185(r3),floor(r3),ceil(r3)]));
  write (r4:10:1,r4:10:0);
  WriteLn(format(fmt,[Trunc(r4),Round(r4),RoundISO7185(r4),floor(r4),ceil(r4)]));
  r1 := r1 *-1;
  r2 := r2 *-1;
  r3 := r3 *-1;
  r4 := r4 *-1;
  write (r1:10:1,r1:10:0);
  WriteLn(format(fmt,[Trunc(r1),Round(r1),RoundISO7185(r1),floor(r1),ceil(r1)]));
  write (r2:10:1,r2:10:0);
  WriteLn(format(fmt,[Trunc(r2),Round(r2),RoundISO7185(r2),floor(r2),ceil(r2)]));
  write (r3:10:1,r3:10:0);
  WriteLn(format(fmt,[Trunc(r3),Round(r3),RoundISO7185(r3),floor(r3),ceil(r3)]));
  write (r4:10:1,r4:10:0);
  WriteLn(format(fmt,[Trunc(r4),Round(r4),RoundISO7185(r4),floor(r4),ceil(r4)]));
  Readln;
end.

 Output:
 Value Write:x:0     Trunc     Round   ISO7185     Floor      Ceil
   1.3         1         1         1         1         1         2
   1.6         2         1         2         2         1         2
   3.5         4         3         4         4         3         4
   4.5         5         4         4         5         4         5
  -1.3        -1        -1        -1        -1        -2        -1
  -1.6        -2        -1        -2        -2        -2        -1
  -3.5        -4        -3        -4        -4        -4        -3
  -4.5        -5        -4        -4        -5        -5        -4

See also

• round
• trunc - round towards zero
• math.ceil - round up
• math.floor - round down

• Format_function