[metapost] [mp-implementors] MetaPost 1.750 (alpha version)

[Hans Hagen]

On 23-6-2011 9:41, Troy Henderson wrote:
> Is there a built-in way with MetaPost 1.750 and with --math=double to
> "round" a number by using only a certain number of significant digits?
>
> For example, I'm getting an output of
>
> 7.999999999999998
>
> which is "begging" to be 8.

So maybe we need a round(n,precision) ?




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