decimal number format as quarter

Thanks so much Peter. You are the man.

Easy way and working for me.

Arnaud Gaboury
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A2CT2 Ltd.


-----Original Message-----
From: peter dalgaard [mailto:pdalgd at gmail.com] 
Sent: mercredi 8 f?vrier 2012 16:15
To: David Reiner
Cc: Arnaud Gaboury; jim holtman; r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] decimal number format as quarter

Looks like something priced in eighths; we deal with similar notation for bonds and similar instruments.

x <- c(2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6)
as.integer(x)+10*(x-as.integer(x))/8

[1] 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.25 3.50 3.75

Adjust the 10 and 8 if you have other denominators.

For the case at hand, I expect that you can even get away with

ceiling(x*4)/4

[1] 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.25 3.50 3.75


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