I have data (the data itself is irrelevant) that I want to spread across columns. In explaination, what I want to do is spread the data so that, for example if there is 19 pieces of data, and I want 5 columns of it, it will spread it as 4-4-4-4-3, if I have 27, it will spread it as 6-6-6-6-3, and so forth. I want it to make it evenly spread out, with the remainder in the last column, but I have no idea how to do any of this, let alone where to start.

Any help that could be offered would be greatly appriciated.
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In reply to Even column spreading of data by Kage

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