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# `round`

`round` -- rounds a real number up or down to the nearest integer.

## Syntax

    round (number)

## Arguments

`number`

  A number.

## Returns

The nearest integer to the `number`.

## Description

This function rounds its argument to the nearest integer. Values of .5 are rounded up to the next highest integer.

## Example

        Gamma> round(8.73);
        9
        Gamma> round(2.21);
        2
        Gamma> round(5.5);
        6
        Gamma> round(5.49);
        5
        Gamma>

See the QNX 6-specific Function section of the Photon Functions chapter (Tutorial One) in the Cogent Tools Demo and Tutorials book for an example of this function used in context.

## See Also

`ceil`, `floor`

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