ROUND

ROUND

Rounds to the nearest round-off unit

Category: Truncation

Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples

Syntax

ROUND(argument,round-off-unit)

Arguments

argument: is numeric.
round-off-unit: is numeric and nonnegative.

Details

The ROUND function returns a value rounded to the nearest round-off unit. If round-off-unit is not provided, a default value of 1 is used and argument is rounded to the nearest integer.

Examples

SAS Statement Results

var1=223.456; x=round(var1,1); put x 9.5;

223.00000

var2=223.456; x=round(var2,.01); put x 9.5;

223.46000

x=round(223.456,100); put x 9.5;

200.00000

x=round(223.456); put x 9.5;

223.00000

x=round(223.456,.3); put x 9.5;

223.33333

SAS Statement	Results
var1=223.456; x=round(var1,1); put x 9.5;	223.00000
var2=223.456; x=round(var2,.01); put x 9.5;	223.46000
x=round(223.456,100); put x 9.5;	200.00000
x=round(223.456); put x 9.5;	223.00000
x=round(223.456,.3); put x 9.5;	223.33333

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