Microsoft KB Archive/105955

= Undocumented ROUNDUP and ROUNDDOWN Functions =

Article ID: 105955

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q105955



SUMMARY
The ROUNDUP and ROUNDDOWN functions, available in Microsoft Excel versions 4.0 and later, are not documented in the "Function Reference" version 4.0. These functions are similar to the CEILING and FLOOR functions.



ROUNDUP
The Roundup function rounds a number up, away from zero.

Syntax:

  ROUNDUP(number, num_digits)

Number is any real number that you want rounded up. Num_digits is the number of digits to which you want to round the number.

ROUNDUP behaves similarly to the ROUND function, except that it always rounds a number up based on the following rules:


 * If num_digits is greater than 0, then number is rounded up to the specified number of decimal places.
 * If num_digits is 0 or omitted, then number is rounded up to the nearest integer.
 * If num_digits is less than 0, then number is rounded up to the left of the decimal point.

Examples:

  ROUNDUP(3.2,0) equals 4 ROUNDUP(76.9,0) equals 77 ROUNDUP(3.14159, 3) equals 3.142 ROUNDUP(-3.14159, 1) equals -3.2 ROUNDUP(31415.926, -2) equals 31500

ROUNDDOWN
Rounds a number down, toward zero.

Syntax:

  ROUNDDOWN(number, num_digits)

Number: any real number that you want rounded down. Num_digits: the number of digits to which you want to round number.

ROUNDDOWN behaves similarly to the ROUND function, except that it always rounds a number down based on the following rules:


 * If num_digits is greater than 0, then number is rounded down to the specified number of decimal places.
 * If num_digits is 0 or omitted, then number is rounded down to the nearest integer.
 * If num_digits is less than 0, then number is rounded down to the left of the decimal point.

Examples:

  ROUNDDOWN(3.2, 0) equals 3 ROUNDDOWN(76.9,0) equals 76 ROUNDDOWN(3.14159, 3) equals 3.141 ROUNDDOWN(-3.14159, 1) equals -3.1 ROUNDDOWN(31415.92654, -2) equals 31400

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