Truncation and Floor Function
Truncation of positive integer numbers can be done using the floor function. Given a number to be truncated and, the number of elements to be kept behind the decimal point, the truncated value of x is
However, for negative numbers truncation does not round in the same direction as the floor function: truncation always rounds toward zero, the floor function rounds towards negative infinity.
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