Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Frank Thomason Newsgroups: comp.lang.php Subject: Re: splitting list into columns Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:05:47 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: <5269293B.40307@example.net> References: <52683E7C.6080208@arnowelzel.de> <52691423.1020702@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9192eed8f9bfb363ea28df8a4d0fc7d1"; logging-data="4465"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/sJqYrAjOUeNtW6fzdvHY/KX5g4TfPUuU=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0.1 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:82C1U32gAgZdRLA5eqLrSsuEt88= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.php:11573 On 10/24/2013 9:01 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 10/24/2013 8:35 AM, Frank Thomason wrote: >> Arno - thank you for taking the time and effort to provide such a useful >> and respectful response to the question. If more posters spent their >> time answering questions in this manner, instead of calling each other >> trolls, this NG would be a much better place. >> > > Frank, > > Once you're read this newsgroup for a while, you'll figure out that > richard is unable to understand anything beyond copy and paste. Arno's > explanation is well beyond richard's level of comprehension. That's why > the regulars here respond like they do - they understand posts like > Arno's are not worth the time invested in writing it. > > And please note - there is nothing in Arno's update which even the most > basic programmer should understand. If someone doesn't already > understand something this basic, he/she shouldn't be in programming. > Jerry, I'm a long time reader of this newsgroup, so I'm well aware of richard's reputation and the probable futility of providing him with a proper answer. I was just observing that it was refreshing to see someone take the time to explain the thought process involved in solving a problem of this type, rather than just replying "that's a Programming 101 exercise that any idiot should be able to do". Will it help richard - who knows? Will it help some other newbie? Maybe.