Round with integer division

Question

Is there is a simple, pythonic way of rounding to the nearest whole number without using floating point? I\'d like to do the following but with integer arithmetic:

Answer 1

Simply take care of the rounding rule before you ever divide. For the simplest round-half-up:

if total % surplus < surplus / 2:
    return total / surplus
else:
    return (total / surplus) + 1

Tweak a little bit if you need to do a proper round-to-even.