A Java method to round a float value to the nearest one-half value

As a quick note, here’s a Java method that will round a float to the nearest half value, such as 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, etc.:

/**
 * converts as follows:
 * 1.1  -> 1.0
 * 1.3  -> 1.5
 * 2.1  -> 2.0
 * 2.25 -> 2.5
 */
public static float roundToHalf(float f) {
    return Math.round(f * 2) / 2.0f;
}

The comments show how this function converts the example float values to their nearest half value, so I won’t add any more details here. I don’t remember the origin of this algorithm — I just found it in some old code, thought it was clever, and thought I’d share it here.