Safest way to convert float to integer in python?

Question

Python\'s math module contain handy functions like floor & ceil. These functions take a floating point number and return the nearest integer be

Answer 1

Another code sample to convert a real/float to an integer using variables. "vel" is a real/float number and converted to the next highest INTEGER, "newvel".

import arcpy.math, os, sys, arcpy.da
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with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(densifybkp,[floseg,vel,Length]) as cursor:
 for row in cursor:
    curvel = float(row[1])
    newvel = int(math.ceil(curvel))