Power automate round up a float value

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Hi i have a float value in power automate that i would like to round up. Could someone point me in the right direction

e.g. 0.5 should be 1

1.5 should be 2

Thanks in advance Esoxs

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poweractivate 11,078 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Use the Round function if you want 0.5 to be 1, 1.5 to be 2 - 0.3 to be 0, 1.3 to be 1, etc.

Round(Number, DecimalPlaces)
Number - Required. The number to round.
DecimalPlaces - Required. Number of decimal places to round to. Use a positive value to indicate decimal places right of the decimal separator, a negative value to the left, and zero for a whole number.
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Use the RoundUp function if you want it to always round up no matter what so 0.3 to be 1, 1.3 to be 2, etc.

RoundUp(Number, DecimalPlaces)
Number - Required. The number to round.
DecimalPlaces - Required. Number of decimal places to round to. Use a positive value to indicate decimal places right of the decimal separator, a negative value to the left, and zero for a whole number.

Example:

Round(7.9,0) would result in the number 8
Round(7.1,0) would result in the number 7

whereas

RoundUp(7.9,0) would result in the number 8
RoundUp(7.1,0) would result in the number 8 again

Check here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-round for more info

See if the above helps @Esox76

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Esox76 87 on at

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Sorry @poweractivate but this Round() function is not available in Power Automate

Thanks

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Hi @Esox76,

Do you want to round up a float in power automate flow?
I assume your float have one decimal place and have a test on my side, please try following workaround.
Here is the expression:
if(less(int(last(split(string(variables('TT')),'.'))),int(5)),int(first(split(string(variables('TT')),'.'))),add(int(first(split(string(variables('TT')),'.'))),1))

Best Regards,
Zhi Chen

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Esox76 87 on at

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@v-chenzhi Thanks for this i have tested it but there is a slight bug in that if my value is 5.0 it calculates it as 6 instead of 5. if it's 4.0 then it ok !

Regards Esox

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v-chenzhi Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @Esox76,

Sorry I did not consider the case where the decimal place is 0.
Please try the following formula:

if(less(length(split(string(variables('TT')),'.')),int(2)),int(first(split(string(variables('TT')),'.'))),if(less(int(last(split(string(variables('TT')),'.'))),int(5)),int(first(split(string(variables('TT')),'.'))),add(int(first(split(string(variables('TT')),'.'))),1)))

Best Regards,
Zhi Chen

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Esox76 87 on at

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@v-chenzhi Solution works very well Thank You

Esox

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hemrhk 361 on at

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This blog post solves Round off problems
https://365stack.in/index.php/2022/01/01/how-to-round-up-down-decimal-in-power-automate/

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JRockO 10 on at

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I'm a little late to the game, but you can use the "formatNumber(...)" expression in PowerAutomate to accomplish this.

I haven't done extensive testing to confirm proper rounding for large decimals, but 1.5 becomes 2 when using int(formatNumber(1.5, '0')).

Note: '0' is the string used for the number format. You could also use '#' but I like to use '0' since it's a number and seems more straight forward when reading it.

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smharrod 33 on at

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Thank you Zhi, everything else I tried (and mentioned here) either doesn't work or always rounds down. I will test some more to be sure, but your solution appears to work well. Crazy that there isn't a more straightforward solution such as RoundUp() function that works, but a very impressive workaround.

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NotPoodle 40 on at

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Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was simply a round function available in power automate instead, like Round(Number, DecimalPlaces) as poweractivate suggested, instead of the crazy convoluted way you actually have to do it in PA.

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