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Am 27.05.2021 um 15:32 schrieb Mike Horvath:
>>> Or, to the nearest multiple of n, where n is any number.
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>> try `floor(FOO / N + 0.5) * N`.
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> I found this on web and adapted it to POV:
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> #macro round(number, base)
> (((number + base/2) / base) * base)
> #end
>
> Not sure which of the two is preferable.
You mean, aside from the fact that yours won't work, unless you put a
`floor` between the first and second opening parentheses? ;)
Mine, I'd guess. It is comprised of only 10 tokens as opposed to 16
(including the missing `floor`), and only 3 variable references as
opposed to 4, so it will parse faster. The expression tree is also a bit
simpler, so it will also execute faster, even if written as a function
rather than a macro. (Remember, macros are parsed over and over again
every time they are called. In general, functions are faster.)
Yours - especially with the lack of `floor` - looks like it was
specifically designed for operating on purely integer values (i.e. not
only is `number` expected to be an integer, but each operation
automatically rounds down to an integer). In such a setting, it would be
spot-on, to the point that you couldn't come up with a more efficient
solution than that.
POV-Ray doesn't even know what an integer is.
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