# Takes a number of columns then a list.  Reformats the list into
# an array of arrays, with the original elements sorted down by
# columns, and any missing items missing off of the last column
sub reformat_major_minor {
  my $dim = shift;
  my $row_size = int((@_+$dim - 1)/$dim);
  my @ret;
  foreach my $i (0..$#_) {
    $ret[$i%$row_size][$i/$row_size] = $_[$i];
  }
  return @ret;
}

##</code><code>##

foreach my $row (reformat_major_minor(3, @cells)) {
  print "<tr>\n", (map "  <td>$_</td>\n", @$row), "</tr>\n";
}

##</code><code>##

# Takes a number of columns then a list.  Reformats the list into
# an array of arrays, with the original elements sorted down by
# columns, and any missing items missing off of the last column.
sub reformat_major_minor {
  my $dim = shift;
  my $row_size = int(@_/$dim);
  my @ret;
  push @ret, [splice @_, 0, $row_size] while @_;
  return swap_dims(@ret);
}

# Takes an array of arrays and swaps rows for columns.
sub swap_dims {
  my @ret;
  foreach my $row_ind (0..$#_) {
    my $row = $_[$row_ind];
    foreach my $col_ind (0..$#$row) {
      $ret[$col_ind][$row_ind] = $row->[$col_ind];
    }
  }
  return @ret;
}