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[nutballs]

Anyone know a way to divide a rectangle into smaller arbitrary shaped rectangles, based on the number you want.

so...

A rectangle canvas, to be divided into 8 different sized rectangles for example? But i do not want another result to look the same (unless by accident).

any suggestion of how to do this? Is there a math thing I am forgetting? Or a looping methodology?

think modrian
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHKZ_enUS435US435&q=modrian&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1680&bih=965

but automatically generated based on a number of desired internal squares.

[perkiset]

Does it have to be simply graphical?

I did a similar thing to hide footprint with random generated tables: random number of tables with random number of rows with random number of cells. If you further randomed the H/W of a CSS'd div in each cell, you could get a very interesting thang that was very different than any previous page.

A similar approach could be used to your division problem I'm thinking, simply because of the structured nature of HTML tables.

[perkiset]

Hmm... adding rowspan and colspan to that mix would give you many of the Mondrian effects as well.

[nutballs]

It would need to be HTML, positioned divs or tables.
Actually think I have a vague idea of how to do it by way of recursive subdividisions. The problem is the limits and restrictions and rounding errors.

This is a shits and giggles project. One of my crappytools potentially.

[perkiset]

If tables will work for you, then this is somewhat easy to start and would expand nicely.

Kind of busy ATM, but I can try to post some protocode later tonight or perhaps tomorrow. Not too tough and the rectilinear nature of tables will do you great. Much better than divs.

/p