round
Learn how to use the round function in Notion formulas.
The
round() function rounds its argument to the nearest integer (whole number).1
round(number)
The exact midpoint between two whole numbers will round up towards positive infinity, not “away from zero”.
For example:
round(-4.5) will round up to 4.1
round(4.5) // Output: 5
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round(4.49) // Output: 4
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round(-4.49) // Output: -4
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round(-4.5) // Output: -4
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round(-4.51) // Output: -5
The
round() function doesn’t accept additional arguments, so it can’t natively round a number to a specific decimal place.However, you can accomplish this using the following formula:
// Round to two decimal places
round([number]*100)/100
// Round to three decimal places
round([number]*1000)/1000
The number of zeroes corresponds to the number of decimal places to which your number will be rounded.
round(9.24551*10)/10 // Output: 9.2
round(4.158015*100)/100 // Output: 4.16
round(5145.018394*10000)/10000 // Output: 5145.0184
The example database below contains a formula that rounds the input number to several different decimal places.
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// Compressed
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"One Decimal: " + format(round(prop("Number") * 10) / 10) + "\n Two Decimals: " + format(round(prop("Number") * 100) / 100) + "\n Three Decimals: " + format(round(prop("Number") * 1000) / 1000) + "\n Four Decimals: " + format(round(prop("Number") * 10000) / 10000) + "\n Five Decimals: " + format(round(prop("Number") * 100000) / 100000)
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// Expanded
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"One Decimal: " + format(round(prop("Number") * 10) / 10) +
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"\n Two Decimals: " + format(round(prop("Number") * 100) / 100) +
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"\n Three Decimals: " + format(round(prop("Number") * 1000) / 1000) +
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"\n Four Decimals: " + format(round(prop("Number") * 10000) / 10000) +
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"\n Five Decimals: " + format(round(prop("Number") * 100000) / 100000)
This formula demonstrates decimal-rounding to five different places.
Note how
\n allows us to create a new line in the formula output.
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