Question

i am looking to put together some logic to look at a particular number and based on a simple calulcation tell me what another number is. Example – lets say that i have a string of characters and each 50 characters will increment an integer by 1. so if i have 0 – 49 chars, counter = 1, if i have 50-99 chars, counter = 2, if i have 100 – 149 chars, counter = 3.

i thought i could do this by converting everything to type int but that doesnt work as sometimes it will round down when it should always round up – i.e. (int)(charCount / 50).

Im wondering if i have to use the modulus operator. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

For this exact example, you can just increment the counter after your division, so:

int counter = (int)(stringToCheck.Length / 50) + 1