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Assume I have a table with a dynamic number of rows and columns, and I want to fill the table with n elements. Assume an element has the constant length x, and I want to say make floor(linewitdth/x) columns per row so that the maximal number of elements is in a row. How would I write that in LaTeX?

Twerp
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  • LaTeX tables don't have a dynamical number of columns. The elements of the table are saved in a csv file? I think the package datatool will be the best choice. – Marco Daniel Aug 23 '12 at 18:49
  • No, the data comes in as a string, thats the problem.... – Twerp Aug 23 '12 at 19:46
  • Counting the elements of a string is really simple. Please provide a minimal example. The elements are separated by comma? – Marco Daniel Aug 24 '12 at 05:51

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If your elements all have the same width x (either naturally or because you put each one in a \makebox[3cm][l]{.....} ) then you don't need a table construct or to do any arithmetic, just place them one after another in a flushleft environment and the paragraph breaker will naturally fit as many as it can on each line, and vertical alignment is automatic.

See this technique being used

building a table of images

or

enumerate in multicols

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  • ok, this looks promisingg, last stupid question - for a given string x, how do i determine the width and put it in your formula? – Twerp Aug 24 '12 at 09:55