Maximum PC

Hey, I think a 4th grader could have done a better job of poll results:



Yeah, that's right kids, 10+89 = 100.

Seriously though, the actual numbers should have been 10.53% and 11.47% when rounded to two decimal places.

Why on earth did the Max PC Forums round 10.53 down to 10?

Any 4th grader can tell you that 10.50 - 10.99 should be rounded up to 11, that's just basic math.

Anyone got any ideas?

Dan O.

Yes....you're too anal....

What...couldn't take the time to point out the typo as well?

Belboz99

I recall from writing some VB programs that VB rounds differently from pure mathematical rounding in the case of a value lying exactly between 2 values (e.g., 10.5). You can read about it for VBScripting from MSDN Library here.

In a nutshell, VBScript will return the nearest even number to the value that is to be rounded. For example, 10.5 rounds to 10 rather than 11; 11.5 rounds to 12.

If this is the case, the poll result rounded to 1 decimal place would be 10.5; applying the above algorithm would result in an integer "rounded" value of 10.

Again, this is conjecture on my part, but it may provide an explanation.