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Rounding behavior changed? [message #960]

Fri, 19 June 2020 18:07

mcmc
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Registered: April 2018

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One thing I really liked about DW is its rounding option. I use it all the time to make the table more readable and scientifically sound.
I was pretty sure that rounding on 2 numbers would change 4567 to 4600 before. My current version (v05.02.01) does not do that anymore. It keeps showing 4567. All digits before the decimal point are shown, irrespective of the rounding setting. (see attached image)
Is that an intentional change?

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Re: Rounding behavior changed? [message #964 is a reply to message #960]

Sun, 21 June 2020 14:14

thomas
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Registered: June 2014

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This was indeed changed, because I had the feeling that in cases where rounding causes trailing zeros, these would still pretend a precision that is not there anymore. But I agree that it is inconsistent and maybe was not a good idea. I went back to the original behaviour, which is now part of the current development version.

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Re: Rounding behavior changed? [message #966 is a reply to message #964]

Mon, 22 June 2020 10:24

mcmc
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Registered: April 2018

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Cool. Thanks.

I like rounding so much, I would go as far as suggesting rounding all cells by default to 3 digits. Three is plenty, and it is generally wrong to use more.

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Re: Rounding behavior changed? [message #970 is a reply to message #966]

Sun, 28 June 2020 00:10

richards99
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Registered: May 2020
Location: UK

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Hi mcmc,

I couldn't agree more. Rounding is very useful, and I would so much prefer for it to be 3 digits by default, with the option to change it if needed. Displaying all digits drives me crazy and takes me ages to process each column and get it rounded to 2 or 3 digits.

Simon.

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