Method code for $list.vcolumnize3()

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  1: arg list, lines, @rest;
  2: var linelength, cols, width, i, j, line, outlist;
  3: 
  4: [(linelength ?= (| sender().linelen() |) || 78)] = rest;
  5: cols = list.length() / lines + (list.length() % lines ? 1 : 0);
  6: width = linelength / cols;
  7: outlist = [];
  8: for i in [1 .. lines] {
  9:     line = "";
 10:     for j in [0 .. cols]
 11:         (| (line = line + list[i + j * lines].pad(width)) |);
 12:     outlist += [line];
 13: }
 14: return outlist;

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// Created 27-Mar-1995 as a part of ColdCore, see: @help Credit