A better rounding function

VB's built in round function will round numbers like 12.085 down to 12.08. This is not correct in all cases as this number should be rounded up to 12.09. This round function allows for this.


Public Function RoundAdv(ByVal dVal As Double, Optional ByVal iPrecision As Integer = 0) As Double
       Dim roundStr As String
       Dim WholeNumberPart As String
       Dim DecimalPart As String
       Dim i As Integer
       Dim RoundUpValue As Double
       roundStr = CStr(dVal)
       
       If InStr(1, roundStr, ".") = -1 Then
           RoundAdv = dVal
           Exit Function
       End If
       WholeNumberPart = Mid$(roundStr, 1, InStr(1, roundStr, ".") - 1)
       DecimalPart = Mid$(roundStr, (InStr(1, roundStr, ".")))
       If Len(DecimalPart) > iPrecision + 1 Then
           Select Case Mid$(DecimalPart, iPrecision + 2, 1)
               Case "0", "1", "2", "3", "4"
                   DecimalPart = Mid$(DecimalPart, 1, iPrecision + 1)
               Case "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"
                   RoundUpValue = 0.1
                   For i = 1 To iPrecision - 1
                       RoundUpValue = RoundUpValue * 0.1
                   Next
                   DecimalPart = CStr(Val(Mid$(DecimalPart, 1, iPrecision + 1)) + RoundUpValue)
                   If Mid$(DecimalPart, 1, 1) <> "1" Then
                       DecimalPart = Mid$(DecimalPart, 2)
                   Else
                       WholeNumberPart = CStr(Val(WholeNumberPart) + 1)
                       DecimalPart = ""
                   End If
           End Select
       End If
       RoundAdv = Val(WholeNumberPart & DecimalPart)

   End Function

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