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Divide Two Positive Integers and Round Up

Divide Two Positive Integers and Round Up

In Java, we can divide two positive integers and round up as follows:

int result = (x + y - 1) / y

Example: (4/3 = 1.33 and we want 2):

long result = (4 + 3 - 1) / 3; // 2
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