Re: rounding up (or down) issue

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On 2007-12-19, Farid Hamjavar <hamjavar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> Greetings,
>
> I have data lines in  a file like these whose
> components add up to 100:
>
> 1.73   0.45   98.72
> 1.88   23.11  75.01
> 16.88  0.88   82.24
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>
> Yet, when attempting to round down (or up)
> resulting data will not be 100 in total:
>
> e.g. 2nd row , rounded up:
> 2   24   75    = 101
>
> e.g. 2nd row , rounded down:
> 1   23   75    = 99
>
>
> I need to round them up (or down) for re****ting
> purpose in which the line show up like:
>
> 2%     24%    75%   = 101%
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>
> How does one get round this?
> i.e. Any way to get 100 after rounding up (or down)?
>
Round the sums after you add them, not before.