WoW:USERAPI truncate

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Truncate a number off to n places.

number = truncate(number, decimals)

Function Parameters

Arguments

number

Number. The number to truncate.

decimals

Number. Truncate to this many places.

Returns

number

Number. The truncated number.

Example

local number = truncate(math.pi, 3)
print(number)

Prints: 3.141

Code

function truncate(number, decimals)
    return number - (number % (0.1 ^ decimals))
end

See Also

• round