RE: Rounding up to nearest 1000 -- RPG400-L

Subject: RE: Rounding up to nearest 1000
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:11:45 -0600
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From: Joe Pluta

"Rounding up" is another name for "ceiling".  The formula is:

      (INT((X - 1) / N) + 1) * N


And for the assembly programmers at heart, if N is a constant you can shave
a cycle by using:

        INT((X + (N-1)) / N) * N

provided you set up (N-1) as another constant.

Joe

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