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<div><h1>columnate -- arrange strings in columns</h1>
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<div><tt>columnate(w,s)</tt> -- arranges the strings in the list <tt>s</tt> in columns, returning a <a href="___Net.html" title="the class of all nets and strings">Net</a> suitable for output to a terminal with a linewidth of <tt>w</tt>.<p/>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : columnate(12, characters ascii (65 .. 90))
o1 = A F K P U Z
B G L Q V
C H M R W
D I N S X
E J O T Y</pre>
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