[PHP] Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
Well you didn't say you wanted a dynamic number of columns... Well I did* but thanks to yourself and Ralph I have what I'm looking for now, thanks very much. Much appreciated. adam * 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? _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
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 pstrongYour columns are: $l_iFirst, $l_iSecond,
$l_iThird/strong/p;
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(a non - profit organization)
3820 Lake Otis Parkway
Anchorage, AK 99508
907.770.6200 ext. 686
907.336.6205 (fax)
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Say I have 7 items of data and I wish to sort them into 3 columns in a
HTML
table. The items are unevenly sized, so rather than print them out in
rows -
resulting in lots of wasteful whitespace - I would like to output them in
vertical order. However if I use the modulus operator to check for when to
break into a new column...
foreach ($items as $item) {
$counter++;
if ( ($counter % $columns) == 0) {
print /tdtd;
}
}
...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
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[PHP] Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
$l_iSecond = ($l_iMod 2 ? $l_iHigh - $l_iMod : $l_iHigh);
This should actually be:
$l_iSecond = ($l_iMod == 1 ? $l_iHigh - $l_iMod : $l_iHigh);
but it works both ways.
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Try this:
// Populate an array of random length
for ($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 pstrongYour columns are: $l_iFirst, $l_iSecond,
$l_iThird/strong/p;
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Matt Grimm
Web Developer
The Health TV Channel, Inc.
(a non - profit organization)
3820 Lake Otis Parkway
Anchorage, AK 99508
907.770.6200 ext. 686
907.336.6205 (fax)
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: www.healthtvchannel.org
Dareal Hamsta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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[ Please copy me off list. ]
Say I have 7 items of data and I wish to sort them into 3 columns in a
HTML
table. The items are unevenly sized, so rather than print them out in
rows -
resulting in lots of wasteful whitespace - I would like to output them
in
vertical order. However if I use the modulus operator to check for when
to
break into a new column...
foreach ($items as $item) {
$counter++;
if ( ($counter % $columns) == 0) {
print /tdtd;
}
}
...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;$icount($s);$i++){echo'#'.$s[$i].';';}
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[PHP] Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
I get:
Your columns are: 102, 101, 101
???
The other problem with this solution is that it's for a static number of
columns, however I'm looking for a solution with dynamic variables. For
example, I might want 4 columns with 100 items, or six columns with 15.
Thanks for trying though.
adam
From: Matt Grimm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:39:48 -0900
Try this:
// Populate an array of random length
for ($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 pstrongYour columns are: $l_iFirst, $l_iSecond,
$l_iThird/strong/p;
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Matt Grimm
Web Developer
The Health TV Channel, Inc.
(a non - profit organization)
3820 Lake Otis Parkway
Anchorage, AK 99508
907.770.6200 ext. 686
907.336.6205 (fax)
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: www.healthtvchannel.org
Dareal Hamsta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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[ Please copy me off list. ]
Say I have 7 items of data and I wish to sort them into 3 columns in a
HTML
table. The items are unevenly sized, so rather than print them out in
rows -
resulting in lots of wasteful whitespace - I would like to output them
in
vertical order. However if I use the modulus operator to check for when
to
break into a new column...
foreach ($items as $item) {
$counter++;
if ( ($counter % $columns) == 0) {
print /tdtd;
}
}
...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;$icount($s);$i++){echo'#'.$s[$i].';';}
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[PHP] Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
Well you didn't say you wanted a dynamic number of columns...
What's the problem with the solution 102, 101, 101? That's the count of the
elements in each column -- you said in a 7 member array, you wanted 3 items
in the first column, and two in the other two columns. That's 3, 2, 2,
which the code will give you. If you want, echo the other variables and it
will make more sense.
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Dareal Hamsta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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I get:
Your columns are: 102, 101, 101
???
The other problem with this solution is that it's for a static number of
columns, however I'm looking for a solution with dynamic variables. For
example, I might want 4 columns with 100 items, or six columns with 15.
Thanks for trying though.
adam
From: Matt Grimm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:39:48 -0900
Try this:
// Populate an array of random length
for ($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 pstrongYour columns are: $l_iFirst, $l_iSecond,
$l_iThird/strong/p;
--
Matt Grimm
Web Developer
The Health TV Channel, Inc.
(a non - profit organization)
3820 Lake Otis Parkway
Anchorage, AK 99508
907.770.6200 ext. 686
907.336.6205 (fax)
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: www.healthtvchannel.org
Dareal Hamsta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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[ Please copy me off list. ]
Say I have 7 items of data and I wish to sort them into 3 columns in a
HTML
table. The items are unevenly sized, so rather than print them out in
rows -
resulting in lots of wasteful whitespace - I would like to output them
in
vertical order. However if I use the modulus operator to check for
when
to
break into a new column...
foreach ($items as $item) {
$counter++;
if ( ($counter % $columns) == 0) {
print /tdtd;
}
}
...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;$icount($s);$i++){echo'#'.$s[$i].';';}
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[PHP] Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
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] = $l_iLow;
}
echo 'preResult:br /'; print_r($l_aTable);
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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 pstrongYour columns are: $l_iFirst, $l_iSecond,
$l_iThird/strong/p;
--
Matt Grimm
Web Developer
The Health TV Channel, Inc.
(a non - profit organization)
3820 Lake Otis Parkway
Anchorage, AK 99508
907.770.6200 ext. 686
907.336.6205 (fax)
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: www.healthtvchannel.org
Dareal Hamsta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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[ Please copy me off list. ]
Say I have 7 items of data and I wish to sort them into 3 columns in a
HTML
table. The items are unevenly sized, so rather than print them out in
rows -
resulting in lots of wasteful whitespace - I would like to output them
in
vertical order. However if I use the modulus operator to check for
when
to
break into a new column...
foreach ($items as $item) {
$counter++;
if ( ($counter % $columns) == 0) {
print /tdtd;
}
}
...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;$icount($s);$i++){echo'#'.$s[$i].';';}
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RE: [PHP] Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
given: $num_cols and $num_items
$num_with_extra = $num_items % $num_cols;
$num_per_col = floor($num_items / $num_cols);
the first $num_with_extra columns has $num_per_col+1 items in it
and the rest have $num_per_col items in it
(not tested in code, but looks okay in theory...)
Martin
-Original Message-
From: Matt Grimm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2004 9:37 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
Well you didn't say you wanted a dynamic number of columns...
What's the problem with the solution 102, 101, 101? That's
the count of the
elements in each column -- you said in a 7 member array, you
wanted 3 items
in the first column, and two in the other two columns.
That's 3, 2, 2,
which the code will give you. If you want, echo the other
variables and it
will make more sense.
--
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Dareal Hamsta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I get:
Your columns are: 102, 101, 101
???
The other problem with this solution is that it's for a
static number of
columns, however I'm looking for a solution with dynamic
variables. For
example, I might want 4 columns with 100 items, or six
columns with 15.
Thanks for trying though.
adam
From: Matt Grimm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sorting data into columns vertically
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:39:48 -0900
Try this:
// Populate an array of random length
for ($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 pstrongYour columns are: $l_iFirst, $l_iSecond,
$l_iThird/strong/p;
--
Matt Grimm
Web Developer
The Health TV Channel, Inc.
(a non - profit organization)
3820 Lake Otis Parkway
Anchorage, AK 99508
907.770.6200 ext. 686
907.336.6205 (fax)
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: www.healthtvchannel.org
Dareal Hamsta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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[ Please copy me off list. ]
Say I have 7 items of data and I wish to sort them into
3 columns in a
HTML
table. The items are unevenly sized, so rather than
print them out in
rows -
resulting in lots of wasteful whitespace - I would like
to output them
in
vertical order. However if I use the modulus operator
to check for
when
to
break into a new column...
foreach ($items as $item) {
$counter++;
if ( ($counter % $columns) == 0) {
print /tdtd;
}
}
...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;$icount($s);$i++){echo'#'.$s[$i].';';}
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