Re:What's the right way to handle monetary values in code?
by mooism2 on Thursday March 24, 2011 @06:35PM
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If full price is £9.99 and you've got it on offer at £5.00, that's less than 50% off. If you want to say you're offering it at 50% off, you need to price it at £4.99.
In banking, I believe the convention is to round to the nearest penny, and round half-pennies to the nearest even penny.
In banking, I believe the convention is to round to the nearest penny, and round half-pennies to the nearest even penny.