Separate an integer into two (nearly) equal parts

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I need to separate an integer into two numbers. Something like dividing by two but I only want integer components as a result, such as:

6 = 3 and 3
7 = 4 and 3

I tried the following, but I'm not sure its the best solution. 

var number = 7;
var part1 = 0;
var part2 = 0;

if((number % 2) == 0) {
    part1 = number / 2;
    part2 = number / 2;
}
else {
    part1 = parseInt((number / 2) + 1);
    part2 = parseInt(number / 2);
}

This does what I want, but I don't think this code is clean.

Are there better ways of doing this?

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10 Answers

Another way to do this is using bitwise operators. It doesn't work for very big numbers

function splitter(number){
  part1 = (number>>1) + (number&1);
  part2 = number>>1;
  console.log(number + ":", part1 + "+" + part2);
}

splitter(7);
splitter(6);
splitter(2**30+1); // Breaks for values greater than 2**31
splitter(2**31+1);

user_41102330

If in-case you don't want your outputs to be consecutive or exact identical and yet want to 'separate an integer into two numbers', this is the solution for you: 

function printSeparatedInts(num) {
  let smallerNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(num));
  if (num && smallerNum === (num/2)) {    // checking if input != 0 & output is not consecutive
    printSeparatedInts(num)
   } else {
    console.log(smallerNum, (num - smallerNum))
  }
}

printSeparatedInts(22)
printSeparatedInts(22)     // will likely print different output from above
printSeparatedInts(7)

user_53495420

Feeling lazy ? No problem !

I proudly present to you a generator object !

Initialize it and just use it! It will automatically change value every other use, even in the same line!!

Usage: a = new splitter(n) then console.log(a+" and "+a)

function splitter(n){
    this.p1 = Math.floor(n/2);
    this.p2 = n-this.p1;
    this.cnt=0;
    this.valueOf= ()=> (++this.cnt%2)? this.p1:this.p2;
    return n;
}

a = new splitter(5);
console.log(a + " and " +a);
console.log(a + " and " +a);
console.log(a + " and " +a);

b = new splitter(11);
console.log(b + " and " +b);

user_97708400 
var number = 7;
var part1 = 0;
var part2 = 0;

if(number == 0) {
    part1 = (part2 = 0);
    console.log(part1, part2);
}
else if(number == 1) {
    part1 = 1;
    part2 = 0;
    console.log(part1, part2);
}
else if((number % 2) == 0) {
    part1 = part2 = number / 2;
    console.log(part1, part2);
}
else {
    part1 = (number + 1) / 2;
    part2 = number - part1;
    console.log(part1, part2);
}

Only other solution, I think performance is OK.

user_44438300
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