How to round up the result of integer division?
c#, c++, java, math
Solution
Found an elegant solution:
int pageCount = (records + recordsPerPage - 1) / recordsPerPage;
Source: Number Conversion, Roland Backhouse, 2001
Problem
I'm thinking in particular of how to display pagination controls, when using a language such as C# or Java. If I have x items which I want to display in chunks of y per page, how many pages will be needed?