Go Standard Library Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter03/recipe03.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the round.go file with the following content:

        package main        import (          "fmt"          "math"        )        var valA float64 = 3.55554444        func main() {          // Bad assumption on rounding          // the number by casting it to          // integer.          intVal := int(valA)          fmt.Printf("Bad rounding by casting to int: %v\n", intVal)          fRound := Round(valA)          fmt.Printf("Rounding by custom function: %v\n", fRound)        }        // Round returns the nearest integer.        func Round(x float64) float64 {          t := math.Trunc(x)          if math.Abs(x-t) >= 0.5 {            return t + math.Copysign(1, x)          }          return t        }

4. Execute the code by running go run round.go in the Terminal.
5. You will see the following output: