One may also round away from zero (or round toward infinity): is the integer that is closest to 0 (or equivalently, to ) such that is between 0 and (included).

For example, 23.2 gets rounded to 24, and -23.2 gets rounded to -24.

Rounding to the nearest integer

These six methods are called rounding to the nearest integer. Rounding a number to the nearest integer requires some tie-breaking rule for those cases when is exactly half-way between two integers - that is, when the fraction

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