RINT(3) MachTen Programmer’s Manual RINT(3)

NAME
rint - round-to-closest integer functions

SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>

double
rint(double x)

DESCRIPTION
The rint() function finds the integer (represented as a double precision
number) nearest to x in the direction of the prevailing rounding mode.

NOTES
On a VAX, rint(x) is equivalent to adding half to the magnitude and then
rounding towards zero.

In the default rounding mode, to nearest, on a machine that conforms to
IEEE 754, rint(x) is the integer nearest x with the additional stipula-
tion that if |rint(x)-x|=1/2 then rint(x) is even. Other rounding modes
can make rint() act like floor(), or like ceil(), or round towards zero.

Another way to obtain an integer near x is to declare (in C)

double x; int k; k = x;

Most C compilers round x towards 0 to get the integer k, but some do oth-
erwise. If in doubt, use floor(), ceil(), or rint() first, whichever you
intend. Also note that, if x is larger than k can accommodate, the value
of k and the presence or absence of an integer overflow are hard to pre-
dict.

SEE ALSO
abs(3), fabs(3), ceil(3), floor(3), ieee(3), math(3)

HISTORY
A rint() function appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

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