VB .NET Language in a Nutshell

Name

Round Function

Class

System.Math

Syntax

Math.Round(value[,digits])

value

Use: Required

Data Type: Numeric expression

Any numeric expression

digits

Use: Optional

Data Type: Integer

The number of places to include after the decimal point

Return Value

The same data type as value

Description

Rounds a given number to a specified number of decimal places

Rules at a Glance

• digits can be any whole number between 0 and 16.

• Round follows standard rules for rounding. If the digit in the position to the right of digits is 5 or greater, the digit in the digits position is incremented by one; otherwise, the digits to the right of digits are dropped.

• This is a Shared member, so it can be used without creating any objects.

Programming Tips and Gotchas

• Round with digits set to 2 is the equivalent of Format (expression, "#.##").

• If value is a string representation of a numeric value, Round will convert it to a numeric value before rounding. However, if expression is not a string representation of a number, Round generates runtime error 13, “Type mismatch.” The IsNumeric function can be used to ensure that expression is a proper numeric representation before calling Round.

• If value contains fewer decimal places than digits, Round does not pad the return value with trailing zeroes.

VB .NET/VB 6 Differences

The named parameters of the Round function differ in VB 6 and in the .NET Framework. In VB 6, the named arguments are number and numdigitsafterdecimal. In VB .NET, they’re value and digits.

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