Rails - Dec 2005 - Splitting records into multiple columns (can this code be improved?)

I have an array of categories, and I wanted them split
up into two columns in tables:

category item_count | category item_count
category item_count | category item_count
category item_count | category item_count
category item_count | category item_count
...

Here''s the template code:

<table>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="50%">
      <table width="100%">
        <%
table_break=(@categories.length.to_f/2).ceil %>
        <% i=1 %>
        <% for category in @categories %>
        <tr>
        <td nowrap><%= link_to h(category.name),      
   {:controller=>''categories'',
:action=>''list'',
:category=>category.key} %></td>
        <td align="right"><%= category.item_count
%></td>
        </tr>
        <% if i==table_break %></table></td><td
width="50%" nowrap><table width="100%"><% end
%>
        <% i+=1 %>
        <% end %>
      </table>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Anybody have a simpler way? :) If it was possible to
do ''for index category in @categories'' (or in its
.each incantation), that''d eliminate the i var, but I
don''t see anything like that in Ruby''s docs. I also
had ''table_break=(@categories.length/2).ceil'', but
apparently Ruby truncates (@categories.length/2)?

thanks
csn

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