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**ROUND(**//expression//,//order//**)**

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| **ROUND** | Returns rounded value. |
| //expression// | A numeric constant, variable, or expression. |
| //order// | A numeric expression with a value equal to a power of ten, such as 1, 10, 100, 0.1, 0.001, etc. If the value is not an even power of ten, the next lowest power is used; 0.55 will use 0.1 and 155 will use 100. |

The **ROUND** procedure returns the value of an //expression// rounded to a power of ten. If the //order //is a LONG or DECIMAL Base Type, then rounding is performed as a BCD operation. Note that if you want to round a real number larger than 1³°, you should use ROUND(num,1.0e°), and not ROUND(num,1). The ROUND procedure is very efficient ("cheap") as a BCD operation and should be used to compare REALs to DECIMALs at decimal width.

**Return Data Type:     **DECIMAL or REAL

**Example:**

** !ROUND(5163,100)     returns 5200**

** !ROUND(657.50,1)     returns 658**

** !ROUND(51.63594,.01) returns 51.64**

**Commission = ROUND(Price / Rate,.01)  !Round the commission to the nearest cent**

**See Also:**

[[bcd operations and procedures.htm|BCD Operations and Procedures]]