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JavaScript

const columnize = (items, rows) => {
  const toColumns = (table, item, iteration) => {
    let row = iteration % rows;

    table[row] = table[row] || [];
    table[row].push(item);

    return table;
  };
  
  return items.reduce(toColumns, []);
};

const numbers = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 ];

console.log(columnize(numbers, 5));