---
title: "round"
description: "Rounds a floating point number."
---

# round

> Rounds a floating point number.

**This function is used by Ignition's Expression language.**
## Description
Rounds a floating point number. If the decimals argument is omitted, then the number is rounded to the nearest integer value, and the result will be a long (64-bit integer). If a number of decimal places are specified, the result will be a double (64-bit floating point value), and the result will be rounded to the given number of decimal places.
## Syntax
`round(number, [decimals])`

### Parameters

| Type | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Float | `number` | The number to round. |
| Integer | `decimals` | The number of decimal places to round to. Defaults to 0. [optional] |

### Results
**Integer/Float** - The value provided rounded to the specified decimal places.

## Examples
```python title="Code Snippet"
round(3.829839, 2) //returns 3.83
```