Rounding Numbers Program

# Initial setting of the variable and of the next integer up.

x = 999.5

x_next = x + 1

# x is made a string. yahoo!

x = str(x)

# here is where we find the position of the decimal

decimal_loc = x.find('.')

# here we convert the possible round up number into a string and find it's length.

x_next = str(x_next)

x_next_decimal_loc = x_next.find('.')

print x_next_decimal_loc

x_next_length = x_next_decimal_loc

# Here we convert both of these numbers into their base integer form.
x_base_decimal_loc = x.find('.')
x_base = x[:decimal_loc]
print x_base_decimal_loc
x_base_length = x_base_decimal_loc

x_next = x_next[:x_next_decimal_loc]
print x_next

# here we find the tenth digit.  It's very important.

tenth = x[decimal_loc + 1]

print tenth

# The number bank that we use to sort numbers. Perhaps this can be more flexible by way of variable length.

number_bank = '0123456789'

# The number location might also include variable lengths.

number_loc = number_bank.find(tenth)

print number_loc

# The x bank is our core design feature.  I have trouble seeing it changing much.
#  Maybe the 5's could be variables.

x_bank = x_base * 5 + x_next * 5

print x_bank

print 'x_base_length is '
print x_base_length
print 'x_next_length is '
print x_next_length

# Here we have found the first occurence and second occurence of x_next.  We also have a length variable.
# Its length might not be correct.

# Here we find a solution.

print x_bank[number_loc]

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