Distribute an integer amount by a set of slots as evenly as possible

Question

I am trying to figure an elegant way of implementing the distribution of an amount into a given set of slots in python.

For example:

7 oranges distributed onto 4

Answer 1

Not sure how this works. But it returns the exact same results

a = 23
b = 17
s = pd.Series(pd.cut(mylist, b), index=mylist)
s.groupby(s).size().values