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</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Returns a string equal to that in numeric_exp with all uppercase characters converted to lowercase.
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</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">The <b>round</b> function returns a number rounded to the specified length or precision.
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The <i>decimals </i>parameter is the precision to which <i>numeric_exp</i> is to be rounded
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The <i>rounding_mode </i>possible values are:
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="top"><td width="14"></td><td><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">HalfEven<i> - </i>Round to nearest or to even whole number. ("Banker's Rounding") 
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