I've got two Int values (they have to be Ints) and I want them to round off to the nearest value when in an equation;
var Example = Int()
var secondExample = Int()
Example = (secondExample / 7000)
This equation makes the variable Example
always round down to the lowest value. Say for example that the numbers are the following;
var Example = Int()
var secondExample : Int = 20000
Example = (20000 / 7000)
20000 / 7000 equals 2.857... But the variable Example
displays 2
.
How can I make Example
round off to closest number without changing it to a Double
For nonnegative integers, the following function gives
the desired result in pure integer arithmetic :
func divideAndRound(numerator: Int, _ denominator: Int) -> Int {
return (2 * numerator + denominator)/(2 * denominator)
}
Examples:
print(20000.0/7000.0) // 2.85714285714286
print(divideAndRound(20000, 7000)) // 3 (rounded up)
print(10000.0/7000.0) // 1.42857142857143
print(divideAndRound(10000, 7000)) // 1 (rounded down)
The idea is that
a 1 2 * a + b
- + - = ---------
b 2 2 * b
And here is a possible implementation for arbitrarily signed
integers which also does not overflow:
func divideAndRound(num: Int, _ den: Int) -> Int {
return num / den + (num % den) / (den / 2 + den % 2)
}
(Based on @user3441734's updated solution, so we have a reference
cycle between our answers now :)
There is also a ldiv
function which computes both quotient
and remainder of a division, so the last function could also be
implemented as
func divideAndRound(num: Int, _ den: Int) -> Int {
let div = ldiv(num, den)
let div2 = ldiv(den, 2)
return div.quot + div.rem / (div2.quot + div2.rem)
}
(I did not test which version is faster.)
see Martin's answer! his idea is great, so i extend his solution for negative numbers
func divideAndRound(n: Int, _ d: Int) -> Int {
let sn = n < 0 ? -1 : 1
let sd = d < 0 ? -1 : 1
let s = sn * sd
let n = n * sn
let d = d * sd
return (2 * n + d)/(2 * d) * s
}
divideAndRound(1, 2) // 1
divideAndRound(1, 3) // 0
divideAndRound(-1, 2) // -1
divideAndRound(-1, 3) // 0
divideAndRound(1, -2) // -1
divideAndRound(1, -3) // 0
the only trouble is that (2 * n + d) can overflow and code will crash.
UPDATE! with help of mathematics for children
func divr(a: Int, _ b: Int)->Int {
return (a % b) * 2 / b + a / b
}
it should work for any Int :-) except 0 denominator.