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From: FragginWagon <greg.r.jacobs@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:58:23 +0000
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+/**
+ * groupSizeUtils.js
+ * -----------------------------------------
+ * Utilities for group size calculation and
+ * print-safe layout generation.
+ *
+ * Vanilla ECMAScript, framework-agnostic.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Create group definitions with base sizes
+ * and remainder distribution.
+ *
+ * @param {number} totalPlayers
+ * @param {Array<string>} groupIds
+ * @returns {Array<Object>}
+ */
+export function calculateGroupSizes(totalPlayers, groupIds) {
+  if (!Array.isArray(groupIds) || groupIds.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('groupIds must be a non-empty array');
+  }
+
+  const totalGroups = groupIds.length;
+  const baseSize = Math.floor(totalPlayers / totalGroups);
+  const remainder = totalPlayers % totalGroups;
+
+  return groupIds.map(function (id, index) {
+    return {
+      id: id,
+      size: baseSize + (index < remainder ? 1 : 0),
+      players: []
+    };
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Assign players to groups sequentially
+ * based on calculated group sizes.
+ *
+ * @param {Array<Object>} players
+ * @param {Array<Object>} groups
+ * @returns {Array<Object>}
+ */
+export function assignPlayersToGroups(players, groups) {
+  var playerIndex = 0;
+
+  groups.forEach(function (group) {
+    for (var i = 0; i < group.size; i++) {
+      if (playerIndex >= players.length) break;
+
+      var player = players[playerIndex];
+      player.groupId = group.id;
+      group.players.push(player);
+
+      playerIndex++;
+    }
+  });
+
+  return groups;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove dropped players without rebalancing groups.
+ *
+ * @param {Array<Object>} groups
+ * @param {Array<string|number>} droppedPlayerIds
+ * @returns {Array<Object>}
+ */
+export function applyDrops(groups, droppedPlayerIds) {
+  if (!Array.isArray(droppedPlayerIds)) return groups;
+
+  var dropSet = new Set(droppedPlayerIds);
+
+  groups.forEach(function (group) {
+    group.players = group.players.filter(function (player) {
+      return !dropSet.has(player.id);
+    });
+  });
+
+  return groups;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Calculate print rows for a group.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} group
+ * @param {number} headerRows
+ * @param {number} spacerRows
+ * @returns {number}
+ */
+export function calculateGroupPrintRows(group, headerRows, spacerRows) {
+  return headerRows + group.players.length + spacerRows;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generate print layout with page breaks.
+ *
+ * @param {Array<Object>} groups
+ * @param {Object} options
+ * @param {number} options.rowsPerPage
+ * @param {number} options.headerRows
+ * @param {number} options.spacerRows
+ * @returns {Array<Object>}
+ */
+export function generatePrintLayout(groups, options) {
+  var rowsPerPage = options.rowsPerPage;
+  var headerRows = options.headerRows || 1;
+  var spacerRows = options.spacerRows || 1;
+
+  var pages = [];
+  var currentPage = {
+    pageNumber: 1,
+    groups: [],
+    usedRows: 0
+  };
+
+  groups.forEach(function (group) {
+    var groupRows = calculateGroupPrintRows(group, headerRows, spacerRows);
+
+    if (currentPage.usedRows + groupRows > rowsPerPage) {
+      pages.push(currentPage);
+      currentPage = {
+        pageNumber: currentPage.pageNumber + 1,
+        groups: [],
+        usedRows: 0
+      };
+    }
+
+    currentPage.groups.push(group);
+    currentPage.usedRows += groupRows;
+  });
+
+  pages.push(currentPage);
+  return pages;
+}
+
+/**
+ * High-level helper that runs the full pipeline.
+ *
+ * @param {Array<Object>} players
+ * @param {Array<string>} groupIds
+ * @param {Object} printOptions
+ * @returns {Array<Object>}
+ */
+export function buildGroupPrintPages(players, groupIds, printOptions) {
+  var groups = calculateGroupSizes(players.length, groupIds);
+  assignPlayersToGroups(players, groups);
+  return generatePrintLayout(groups, printOptions);
+}