Rounding is a common task when working with numbers in Swift and displaying information to the user in iOS and macOS apps. This post walks through examples for rounding the a specific decimal place, rounding up, and rounding down in Swift:

  1. Rounding in Swift
  2. Rounding 1 Decimal Place (Tenths)
  3. Rounding 2 Decimal Places (Hundredths)
  4. Rounding 3 Decimal Places (Thousandths)
  5. A Function For Precision Rounding
  6. Rounding Up Using ceil
  7. Rounding Down Using floor

Rounding in Swift

When using Swift for macOS and iOS apps, round(_:) is a built-in function able to accept a Double or a Float. The round function will round to the nearest whole number:

let double: Double = 1.95
let roundedDouble = round(double)
// roundedDouble is 2.0

let float: Float = 3.42
let roundedFloat = round(float)
// roundedFloat is 3.0

Rounding 1 Decimal Place (Tenths)

The built-in round(_:) function does not have an interface to round to a specific decimal place. To round to the tenths place, multiple the value by 10 then divide by 10.0:

let value = 5.4873
let roundedValue = round(value * 10) / 10.0
// roundedValue is 5.5

Rounding 2 Decimal Places (Hundredths)

The built-in round(_:) function does not have an interface to round to a specific decimal place. To round to the hundredths place, multiple the value by 100 then divide by 100.0:

let value = 5.4873
let roundedValue = round(value * 100) / 100.0
// roundedValue is 5.49

Rounding 3 Decimal Places (Thousandths)

The built-in round(_:) function does not have an interface to round to a specific decimal place. To round to the thousandths place, multiple the value by 1000 then divide by 1000.0:

let value = 5.4873
let roundedValue = round(value * 1000) / 1000.0
// roundedValue is 5.487

A Function For Precision Rounding

Instead of having multiple instances of round(value * 100) / 100.0 rounding in a codebase, a clean interface for rounding can be implemented:

// Examples
preciseRound(1.27) // Result is 1
preciseRound(1.27, precision: .tenths) // Result is 1.3

// Specify the decimal place to round to using an enum
public enum RoundingPrecision {
    case ones
    case tenths
    case hundredths
}

// Round to the specific decimal place
public func preciseRound(
    _ value: Double, 
    precision: RoundingPrecision = .ones) -> Double 
{
    switch precision {
    case .ones:
        return round(value)
    case .tenths:
        return round(value * 10) / 10.0
    case .hundredths:
        return round(value * 100) / 100.0
    }
}

Rounding Up Using ceil

To round a Double or Float up to the nearest whole number use the built-in function ceil:

let value = 1.23
ceil(value) // Result is 2.0

Like round(_:), using multiplication and division to round up using ceil to a specific decimal place:

// Round up 1 decimal place (tenths)
let value = 1.23
ceil(value * 10) / 10.0 // Result is 1.3

Rounding Down Using Floor

To round a Double or Float down to the nearest whole number use the built-in function floor:

let value = 1.23
floor(value) // Result is 1.0

Like round(_:), using multiplication and division to round down using floor to a specific decimal place:

// Round down 1 decimal place (tenths)
let value = 1.23
floor(value * 10) / 10.0 // Result is 1.2

Rounding Numbers in Swift

That’s it! By using round(_:), ceil(_:), and floor(_:) you can round Double and Float values to any number of decimal places in Swift.