Where is the correct round() method?

[Larry Bates]

josh logan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I need a round function that _always_ rounds to the higher integer if
> the argument is equidistant between two integers. In Python 3.0, this
> is not the advertised behavior of the built-in function round() as
> seen below:
> 
>>>> round(0.5)
> 0
>>>> round(1.5)
> 2
>>>> round(2.5)
> 2
> 
> 
> I would think this is a common need, but I cannot find a function in
> the Python library to do it. I wrote my own, but did I miss such a
> method in my search of the Python library?
> 
> Thanks

I think what you want is something like:

math.ceil(x-0.4999999999999)

-Larry