Thread: How to remove all decimal places?

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    How to remove all decimal places?

    Can someone tell me why this code doesn't work...

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    int main(void) {
    
    	int a, i = 5.156546;
    
    	a = trunc(i);
    
    	printf("%d", a);
    
    	return(0);
    }

    And is there any other way to remove all numbers after a decimal place without using the trunc() function??

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    Well for a start trunc takes a double and returns a double, and you're playing with ints.

    Secondly, i is an int (integer), so it can't store a value of 5.156546 (not an integer).

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    int a, i = 5.156546;
    i = 5 because i is integer.
    try
    int a;
    double d = 5.156546;
    a = (int) d;
    or print
    printf("%.0f\n", d);

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    How to remove all decimal places?
    Cast to an int:
    Code:
    /* prints "3" */
    printf("%f", (int)3.14159265358979636);
    If you want to round the number, not truncuate it, use
    Code:
    /* prints "3" */
    printf("%d", (int)(3.14159265358979636 + .5));
    /* prints "4" */
    printf("%d", (int)(3.6 + .5));
    If you want to round the number to, say, 2 decimal places, use
    Code:
    /* prints "3.14" */
    printf("%f", (int)(3.14159265358979636 * 100 + .5) / 100.0);
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    You don't really need the convoluted arithmetic:
    Quote Originally Posted by dwks
    Cast to an int:
    If you want to round the number, not truncuate it, use
    Code:
    /* prints "3" */
    printf("%d", (int)(3.14159265358979636 + .5));
    /* prints "4" */
    printf("%d", (int)(3.6 + .5));
    Code:
    /* prints "3" */
    printf("%.0f", 3.14159265);
    /* prints "4" */
    printf("%.0f", 3.6);
    Quote Originally Posted by dwks
    If you want to round the number to, say, 2 decimal places, use
    Code:
    /* prints "3.14" */
    printf("%f", (int)(3.14159265358979636 * 100 + .5) / 100.0);
    Code:
    /* prints "3.14" */
    printf("%.2f", 3.14159265358979);

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