Round to nearest odd integer
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Does MATLAB have a function to round numbers to the nearest odd integer?
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Walter Roberson
on 14 Aug 2012
Do you want negative numbers handled the same way? e.g., -1/3 rounded to -1 ?
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Matt Fig
on 13 Aug 2012
Edited: Matt Fig
on 13 Aug 2012
I don't think so, but you could make your own:
function S = round_odd(S)
% round to nearest odd integer.
idx = mod(S,2)<1;
S = floor(S);
S(idx) = S(idx)+1;
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Sean de Wolski
on 13 Aug 2012
I think you meant:
idx = mod(S,2)<1 %note < not <=
Otherwise it returns evens for S = magic(5);
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Babak
on 13 Aug 2012
Edited: Walter Roberson
on 30 Dec 2019
Not that I know of.. but you can use this:
function y=fun(x)
y = 2*floor(x/2)+1;
end
depending on what you want to do with the even numbers you can ether use floor or ceil in the above function.
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mirza
on 29 Dec 2019
That's an efficient approach, but its better to use "round" function instead of "floor" or "ceiling" function. In floor case, the error may occur for rounding numbers to Even.
For example.
If the number is " 23.7227731 "
then statement => 2*floor(x/2) will provide answer "22"
However,
the statement => 2*round(x/2) will provide answer "24"
Walter Roberson
on 30 Dec 2019
2*floor(23.7227731/2)+1 would be 23, and 23.7227731 has indeed been rounded to the nearest odd number.
2*round(23.7227731/2)+1 would be 25, but 25-23.7227731 is about 1.67 which is greater than 23.7227731-23 ~= 0.72 . Therefore 23 is the closest odd number, to 23.722773, and 25 is not the closest odd number.
I would therefore suggest to you that round() does not solve the problem posed by the original poster.
Azzi Abdelmalek
on 13 Aug 2012
a=7.8; %example
round((a-1)/2)*2+1
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mirza
on 29 Dec 2019
True, the function "round" is better option instead of functions "floor" or "ceiling" as suggested in thread. In floor case, the error may occur for rounding numbers to Even.
For example.
If the number is " 23.7227731 "
then statement => 2*floor(x/2) will provide answer "22"
However,
the statement => 2*round(x/2) will provide answer "24"
Walter Roberson
on 30 Dec 2019
See https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/45932-round-to-nearest-odd-integer#comment_781808 for an explanation of why using round() would be incorrect.
gerit
on 12 Sep 2018
Edited: Walter Roberson
on 15 Sep 2018
x-mod(x,2)+1
even numbers will be rounded up
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Gimantha Upasena
on 21 Apr 2015
Edited: Gimantha Upasena
on 21 Apr 2015
In matlab what is the method to take the values of a matrix and round them off to the nearest even number?..... meaning 2.1 should be rounded off to 2 and also 2.8 should also be rounded off to 2 because if rounded off to 3 ...3 is an odd number so it's not accepted.
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Walter Roberson
on 30 Dec 2019
Edited: Walter Roberson
on 30 Dec 2019
floor(x/2)*2
which should work for both positive and negative numbers.
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