Rounding to n significant digits

Question

I\'m trying to write code in MATLAB that will round number to certain (as I ask) significant digits.

I\'m not sure how to do it. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

To round to d significant digits:

>> d = 3; %// number of digits
>> x = 5.237234; %// example number

>> D = 10^(d-ceil(log10(x)));
>> y = round(x*D)/D
y =
    5.2400

To round to d decimal digits:

>> d = 3; %// number of digits
>> x = 5.237234; %// example number

>> D = 10^d;
>> y = round(x*D)/D
y =
    5.2370

EDIT

Actually it's easier: the round function supports these options:

>> d = 3;
>> x = 5.237234;
>> y = round(x, d, 'significant')
y =
    5.2400

>> d = 3;
>> x = 5.237234;
>> y = round(x, d) %// or y = round(x, d, 'decimals')
y =
    5.2370