Round to the nearest 500, Python

Question

I\'m looking to find a way to round up to the nearest 500.I\'ve been using:

math.ceil(round(8334.00256 + 250, -3))

Whereby I have a value from

Answer 1

I personally find rounding a but messy. I'd rather use:

(x+250)//500*500

// means integer division.

EDIT: Oh, I missed that you round "up". Then maybe

-(-x//500)*500