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Created April 11, 2013 12:19
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Super simple grid overlay implemented in nodejs.
var utils = require("util");
var columns = num = 40, // number of columns in the grid
width = 98,
css = "",
cssAll = [""/*placeholder for class names*/, "{ float:left; }"],
html = "",
styles = ["position:absolute;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.2)", "position:absolute;"],
style;
while (num > 0) {
style = style[num % 2];
html += utils.format('<div class="c%d" style="%s;">%d</div>\n', num, style, num);
css += utils.format(".c%d {\nmargin-left: %d%;\n}\n", num, (width/columns)*num);
num === 1 ? (cssAll[0] += utils.format(".c%d", num)): cssAll[0] += utils.format(".c%d,", num);
num--;
}
// out comment as needed
console.log(html);
console.log(css);
console.log(cssAll.join(""));
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Use this script if you want to create a grid overlay for site. The snippet will generate HTML and CSS you can include to display a grid on top of your web site.

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