From 9fc6db6215cd2773b4fed4fcf1a69fbe172a4b4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Satwik Kansal Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 02:04:55 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Minor formatting fix --- README.md | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f015a13..955aab8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@ It seems as though Python rounded 2.5 to 2. #### 💡 Explanation: -This is not a float precision error, in fact, this behavior is intentional. Since Python 3.0, `round()` uses [banker's rounding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounding#Round_half_to_even) where .5 fractions are rounded to the nearest **even** number: +- This is not a float precision error, in fact, this behavior is intentional. Since Python 3.0, `round()` uses [banker's rounding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounding#Round_half_to_even) where .5 fractions are rounded to the nearest **even** number: ```py >>> round(0.5) @@ -2577,11 +2577,9 @@ This is not a float precision error, in fact, this behavior is intentional. Sinc 2.0 ``` -This is the recommended way to round .5 fractions as described in [IEEE 754](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754#Rounding_rules). However, the other way (round away from zero) is taught in school most of the time, so banker's rounding is likely not that well known. Furthermore, some of the most popular programming languages (for example: JavaScript, Java, C/C++, Ruby, Rust) do not use banker's rounding either. Therefore, this is still quite special to Python and may result in confusion when rounding fractions. - -See the [round() docs](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#round) or [this stackoverflow thread](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10825926/python-3-x-rounding-behavior) for more information. - -Note that `get_middle([1])` only returned 1 because the index was `round(0.5) - 1 = 0 - 1 = -1`, returning the last element in the list. +- This is the recommended way to round .5 fractions as described in [IEEE 754](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754#Rounding_rules). However, the other way (round away from zero) is taught in school most of the time, so banker's rounding is likely not that well known. Furthermore, some of the most popular programming languages (for example: JavaScript, Java, C/C++, Ruby, Rust) do not use banker's rounding either. Therefore, this is still quite special to Python and may result in confusion when rounding fractions. +- See the [round() docs](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#round) or [this stackoverflow thread](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10825926/python-3-x-rounding-behavior) for more information. +- Note that `get_middle([1])` only returned 1 because the index was `round(0.5) - 1 = 0 - 1 = -1`, returning the last element in the list. ---