Yup. Your brain is definitely on fry :-) Think %.

sub part {
  my ($n, $m) = @_;
  my $r = $n%$m;                  # <==
  my @parts = (($n-$r)/$m) x $m;  # <==
  my $i=0;
  $parts[$i++]++ while $r--;
  return @parts;
}

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Update: code sample to reflect outcome of Q&A with ikegami.

Using ikegami's elegant list generation, but without risk of floating point rounding errors:

sub part {
  my ($n, $m) = @_;
  my $r = $n%$m;                 
  my $q = ($n-$r)/$m; # avoid int($n/$m) to prevent fp rounding errors
  return ($q+1) x $r, ($q) x ($m-$r);
}

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In reply to Re: Near equal partitions. by ELISHEVA
in thread Near equal partitions. by BrowserUk

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