Code reviewMediumcr-g458

Subject RoundingLevel Mid–Senior~18 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Python tax rounding used on invoice line totals.

Finance reconciliation reports a few cents of drift across large batches.

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Code to reviewpython

1def round_cents(amount: float) -> int:2    # amount is dollars; return cents, rounded to nearest cent3    return int(round(amount * 100))

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