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>I've posted the following question in a math group. I'll keep you
>posted:
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>I need to find a mathematical formula for this next problem...
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>I have a list containing 13 items. The list is dynamic, wich means
>that sometimes it could contains 20 items or 35 items o only 4 items.
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>I want to show the items in groups of 4. Again, this is dynamic.
>Sometimes i want to show the items in groups of 11, 2, etc...
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>So, if i have 34 items and i want to show it in groups of 10, I would
>end up having 4 groups (3 groups of 10, and 1 group of 4)... So far so
>good. Let's continue. If item 'joe' is the 12th item, then item 'joe'
>is in group 2. right? If the item 'banana' is the 8th item, then item
>'banana' is in group 1...and so on...

<?php
$itemsPerGroup = 10;
$itemPosition = 12;
$group = ceil($itemPosition/$itemsPerGroup);
var_dump($group);
?>

Micha

On Oct 9, 6:37*pm, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.dewrote:

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<?php
$itemsPerGroup = 10;
$itemPosition = 12;
$group = ceil($itemPosition/$itemsPerGroup);
var_dump($group);
?>
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Micha

Thanks, just what i need it.