Template:Rnd/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Rnd (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage

This template rounds {{{1}}} to {{{2}}} decimal places (goes the other way for negatives) and includes trailing zeros. Scientific notation is used for numbers greater than or equal to 1×10⁹, or less than 1×10⁻⁴.

Compare:

• {{rnd|2.0004|3}} gives Template:Rnd/c4dec1
  • whereas {{#expr:2.0004 round 3}} gives 2
• {{rnd|0.000020004|7}} gives Template:Rnd/c2dec1
• {{rnd|0|8}} gives 0.00000000
• {{rnd|154268|-3}} gives Template:Rnd/c4dec0
• {{rnd|154268988|-6}} gives Template:Rnd/c6dec0
  • whereas {{#expr:154268988 round -6}} gives either 1.54E+8 or 154000000
• {{rnd|1542689271|-7}} gives Template:Rnd/c8dec0