Christmas Bird Count history report system

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def divCeil(n, d):
    '''Computes the number of multiples of d necessary to hold n.

      [ (n is a nonnegative integer) and
        (d is a positive integer) ->
          return int(ceil(float(n)/float(d))) ]
    '''

This function represents one of the author's oldest bits of programming practice: how many multiples of d are necessary to hold n things? For example, if we are placing n radiobuttons in a table of d columns, how many rows are there? The method is to add d-1 to n and then use integer arithmetic to divide by d.

    return (n+d-1) // d