Question

Given a grid where I know the number of rows (which is fixed), and I know the current count of columns (which can grow arbitrarily), how do I calculate the row and column of an square from it’s index?

           +   +   +   +   +
 Cols ---> | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ...
        +--+---|---|---|---|---
         0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ...
        +--+---|---|---|---|---
 Rows    1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | A | ...
        +--+---|---|---|---|---
         2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | B | ...
        +--+---|---|---|---|---
         .   .   .   .   .   ...
         .   .   .   .   .   .
         .   .   .   .   .   .

So, given:

final int mRowCount = /* something */;
int mColCount;

And given some function:

private void func(int index) {

    int row = index % mRowCount;
    int col = ???

How do I correctly calculate col? It must be a function of both the number of columns and rows, I’m pretty sure. But my brain is failing me.

Sample: If index == 4, then row = 1, col = 1. If index == 2 then row = 2, col = 0.

Thanks.

Answer 1

int col = index / mRowCount;