How could i make it so if i divide 2 variables together, it always rounds up?

Question

I'm making a program that encrypts a piece of text given, or does it off of a file. The encryption method i'm trying to use involves reading the key, converting it from text to an ASCII value. It then appends it into a variable called Offsets.

for i in range(KeyLength):
  Offsets.append(ord(Key[i]))
EncryptionLength = len(EncryptionText)

What i'm trying to do is to divide the EncryptionText by the KeyLength. If it returns a decimal, i want it to round up. I've tried using // but i'm kind of stumped.

You might want this: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python3/number_ceil.htm — bison, Mar 21 '19 at 20:52

Sash Sinha · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-21T21:12:44.240

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Try using math.ceil:

>>> import math
>>> EncryptionText = 'abcdefghijkl' # 12 characters
>>> EncryptionLength = 5
>>> len(EncryptionText)/EncryptionLength)
2.4
>>> math.ceil(len(EncryptionText)/EncryptionLength))
3

edited Mar 21 '19 at 21:12

answered Mar 21 '19 at 20:54

Sash Sinha

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How could i make it so if i divide 2 variables together, it always rounds up?

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