Ok, I think this is more what you're looking for. Dynamic columns *and*
rows. This work for ya?
// How many columns do you want?
$l_iColumnWidth = 6;
// Populate an array of random length with random values
for ($i = 0; $i < rand(15, 300); $i++) {
$l_aTest[] = '...';
}
$l_iLength = count($l_aTest);
$l_iLow = floor($l_iLength / $l_iColumnWidth);
$l_iHigh = ceil($l_iLength / $l_iColumnWidth);
$l_iMod = $l_iLength % $l_iColumnWidth;
if ($l_iColumnWidth > $l_iLength) {
die('Too many columns for this array length!');
} else {
echo 'Array length: '.count($l_aTest);
}
// Do high columns first
for ($i = 0; $i < $l_iMod; $i++) {
$l_aTable["column$i"] = $l_iHigh;
}
// Do the rest
for ($i = count($l_aTable); $i < $l_iColumnWidth; $i++) {
$l_aTable["column$i"] = $l_iLow;
}
echo '<pre>Result:<br />'; print_r($l_aTable);
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Matt Grimm
"Dareal Hamsta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I get:
>
> Your columns are: 102, 101, 101
>
> ???
>
> The other problem with this solution is that it's for a static number of
> columns, however I'm looking for a solution with dynamic variables. For
> example, I might want 4 columns with 100 items, or six columns with 15.
>
> Thanks for trying though.
>
> adam
>
>
> >From: Matt Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
> >Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:39:48 -0900
> >
> >Try this:
> >
> >// Populate an array of random length
> >for ($i = 0; $i < rand(300, 600); $i++) {
> > $l_aTest[] = '...';
> >}
> >$l_iLength = count($l_aTest);
> >$l_iLow = floor($l_iLength / 3);
> >$l_iHigh = ceil($l_iLength / 3);
> >$l_iMod = $l_iLength % 3;
> >
> >$l_iFirst = $l_iHigh;
> >$l_iSecond = ($l_iMod < 2 ? $l_iHigh - $l_iMod : $l_iHigh);
> >$l_iThird = $l_iLow;
> >
> >echo "<p><strong>Your columns are: $l_iFirst, $l_iSecond,
> >$l_iThird</strong></p>";
> >
> >--
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> >"Dareal Hamsta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > [ Please copy me off list. ]
> > >
> > > Say I have 7 items of data and I wish to sort them into 3 columns in a
> >HTML
> > > table. The items are unevenly sized, so rather than print them out in
> >rows -
> > > resulting in lots of wasteful whitespace - I would like to output them
> >in
> > > vertical order. However if I use the modulus operator to check for
when
> >to
> > > break into a new column...
> > >
> > > foreach ($items as $item) {
> > > $counter++;
> > > if ( ($counter % $columns) == 0) {
> > > print "</td><td>";
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > ...the output will be something like this...
> > >
> > > +-------+-------+-------+
> > > | Item1 | Item4 | Item7 |
> > > | Item2 | Item5 | |
> > > | Item3 | Item6 | |
> > > +-----------------------+
> > >
> > > ...when what I'm really looking for is this...
> > >
> > > +-------+-------+-------+
> > > | Item1 | Item4 | Item6 |
> > > | Item2 | Item5 | Item7 |
> > > | Item3 | | |
> > > +-----------------------+
> > >
> > > Obviously if the number of items and columns are static, I have no
> >problem,
> > > but how do I get a layout that appeals to people and not computers if
> > > they're dynamic? This has me befuddled, I'm wondering is there an
> >algorithm
> > > for doing it or is it effectively a Turing Test.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > adam
> > >
> > >
> > > <?php
> > > $s=array(74,65,112,104,112,72,32,59,45,41);
> > > for($i=0;$i<count($s);$i++){echo'&#'.$s[$i].';';}
> > > ?>
> > >
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