// Rounds a number to the nearest decimal.
// For instance, carpenters do not want to see a number like 4/5.
// That means nothing to them
// and you'll have an angry carpenter on your hands
// if you ask them cut a 2x4 to 36 and 4/5 inches.
// So, we would want to convert to the nearest 1/16 of an inch.
// Example: DecimalRound(0.8, 0.0625) Rounds 4/5 to 13/16 or 0.8125.
private static decimal DecimalRound(decimal val, decimal places)
{
string sPlaces = FractionConverter.Convert(places, true);
string[] s = sPlaces.Split('/');
if (s.Count() == 2)
{
int nPlaces = System.Convert.ToInt32(s[1]);
decimal d = Math.Round(val * nPlaces);
return(d / nPlaces);
}
return(val);
}
// Converts a value to feet and inches.
// Examples:
// 12.1667 converts to 12' 2"
// 4 converts to 4'
// 0.1667 converts to 2"
public static bool ReformatForFeetAndInches
(ref string line_type, bool zero_for_blank = true)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(line_type))
{
if (zero_for_blank)
{
line_type = "0'";
}
return(true);
}
decimal d = System.Convert.ToDecimal(line_type);
decimal d1 = Math.Floor(d);
decimal d2 = d - d1;
d2 = Math.Round(d2 * 12, 2);
string s1;
string s2;
s1 = d1 == 0 ? "" : d1.ToString() + "'";
s2 = d2 == 0 ? "" : FractionConverter.Convert(d2) + @"""";
line_type = string.Format(@"{0} {1}", s1, s2).Trim();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(line_type))
{
if (zero_for_blank)
{
line_type = "0'";
}
return(true);
}
return(true);
}
