How can I get equal columns and rows from a total?

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The discussion focuses on calculating the number of columns and rows needed to display a variable number of cells, denoted as x. To achieve equal columns and rows, the formula to determine the number of columns is the floor of the square root of x. For example, if x equals 10, the calculation yields 3 columns and 4 rows, with the last row containing only one value. This method provides a straightforward approach to organizing data in a grid format.

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I have a number of cells (say 10 cells) but that number is a variable.
I have the value of the variable but it's not a 'hard' number. We'll call the variable x.

I need to calculate how many columns I'll have if the columns and rows will be the same, or the columns will be 1 minus (floor) the number of rows.
If the variable x = 10 then the columns would be 3 and there would be 4 rows, the last row would only have a value in the first column.

How can I calculate for the number of columns I need given the variable x?
 
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