[Circuits] Round up when dividing?

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[Circuits] Round up when dividing?

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Title says it all really. The arithmetic combinator rounds down when it divides, but I need it to always round up instead. What's the most compact way to do this? My first thought was add 1, but that doesn't work if the division gives an integer.
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Add (Divisor - 1) before you do the division.
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Sorry for necroposting but either i missunderstand something or the answer is wrong. simple example:

10 / 9 with round up would be 2, because 10/9 = 1.111...... with rounding up it gives 2. putting this in an arithmetic still outputs 1 because is rounds down after calculation
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Re: [Circuits] Round up when dividing?

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DasNasu wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 5:22 am Sorry for necroposting but either i missunderstand something or the answer is wrong. simple example:
Seems correct to me

(10 + (9-1)) / 9 = 18 / 9 = 2

And if your round 2 down, it's still 2. If it's not working for you in-game then there might be a problem in how you used it.
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