making rows in terms of columns?

Here is my code below. If I enter 2 for "How many rows question" and 9 for "How many values to be used question... I get the following result...

Code:

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1    3      5    7    9
2    4      6    8

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Now, the code does what I want but I'm asking how many rows the user wants.

I want the user to be able to enter in how many columns he wants instead of how many rows rows (but I want the same result as before) how would I go about doing it?

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int func_col(int, int);

int main()
{
        int q, a, b, c, x, row, max_value;

        printf("How many rows? ");
        scanf(" %d", &row);

        printf("How many values to be used? ");
        scanf(" %d", & max_value);
               
        q = func_col(max_value, row);
       
        for(b=1, c=0; c<row; c++)
        {
                x=b;
                for(a=0; a<q+1; a++)
                {
                        if(x<max_value+1)
                                printf("%d\t", x);
                       
                        x+=row;
                }
                b++;
                printf("\n");
        }
}

int func_col(int max_value, int row)
{
        if(row<5)
                return(max_value / row);
        else
                return((max_value / row)+1);
}

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Something like below?
I rewrote it and used other names for the variables.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int calcRows( int cols, int maxVal );

int main( )
{
    int columns, rows, maxValue, startValue=1, incrementValue;

    printf( "How many columns? " );
    scanf( " %d", &columns );

    printf( "How many values to be used? " );
    scanf( " %d", & maxValue );

    rows = calcRows( columns, maxValue );

    for( int i=0; i<rows; i++ )
    {       
        incrementValue = startValue;

        for(int j=0; j<=columns; j++)
        {
            if( incrementValue <= maxValue )
            printf( "%d\t", incrementValue );
                   
            incrementValue += rows;
        }
        startValue++;
        printf( "\n" );
    }

    return 0;
}

int calcRows( int cols, int maxVal ){
    if( maxVal%cols == 0 )
        return        maxVal/cols;
    else
        return        maxVal/cols + 1;
}

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sorry for late reply, but thanks! it works the way iwanted.