room area macro rounding

[robdyck]

I'm attempting to use the room internal area to perform a simple calculation which I need rounded to a whole number. No matter I try, I can't accomplish this. I always get decimals or a zero. I need the following info:

• room area divided by 50 
• room area divided by 100

And I need the results in whole numbers...any help is appreciated.

 

A 120 sq ft room gives the following result:

• %room.internal_area/50% = 2.4

• %room.internal_area*0.02% = 2.4

• %room.internal_area*0.02.round% = 0

• %room.internal_area*0.025649518.round(4)% = 3.072 (just a random experiment)

 

 

[Joe_Carrick]

Try the .ceil or .floor methods instead or .round

These will round up or down to the corresponding whole number

[Chopsaw]

Hi Rob,  I think you are running into issues just with your structure.  You need to do your calculation then round.

 

%(room.internal_area/50).round%   or   %(room.internal_area/50).ceil%  or   %(room.internal_area/50).floor%

 

Does that look correct Joe  ?

[robdyck]

7 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

%(room.internal_area/50).round%

Bingo! Thanks!

[Joe_Carrick]

25 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:

Hi Rob,  I think you are running into issues just with your structure.  You need to do your calculation then round.

 

%(room.internal_area/50).round%   or   %(room.internal_area/50).ceil%  or   %(room.internal_area/50).floor%

 

Does that look correct Joe  ?

Yes

[Alaskan_Son]

1 hour ago, robdyck said:

• %room.internal_area*0.02.round% = 0

• %room.internal_area*0.025649518.round(4)% = 3.072 (just a random experiment)

 

Chopsaw gave you a solution, but just to clarify, in the above 2 examples, what you're doing is rounding 0.02 down to 0 and 0.025649518 down to 0.0256.  When I'm teaching people to use ruby scripting, one of the first things I typically recommend is that they always encapsulate their various calculations in parentheses whether it seems necessary or not in order to be sure that the calculations are being carried out like you want them to.  In other words, make it very clear to ruby what you are doing to what.  I want to take this>>>> (room.internal_area*0.02) and then round that whole thing. 

[robdyck]

5 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

Chopsaw gave you a solution, but just to clarify, in the above 2 examples, what you're doing is rounding 0.02 down to 0 and 0.025649518 down to 0.0256.  When I'm teaching people to use ruby scripting, one of the first things I typically recommend is that they always encapsulate their various calculations in parentheses whether it seems necessary or not in order to be sure that the calculations are being carried out like you want them to.  In other words, make it very clear to ruby what you are doing to what.  I want to take this>>>> (room.internal_area*0.02) and then round that whole thing. 

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