Multi Column Regular Columns

import java.awt.Color;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.MultiColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class MultiColumnRegularColumnsPDF {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      Document document = new Document();
      OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("MultiColumnRegularColumnsPDF.pdf");
      PdfWriter.getInstance(document, out);
      document.open();

      MultiColumnText mct = new MultiColumnText();
      mct.setColumnsRightToLeft(true);
      mct.addRegularColumns(document.left(), document.right(), 10f, 3);

      for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
        mct.addElement(new Paragraph(String.valueOf(i + 1)));
        Paragraph p = new Paragraph("text text text text text text text text text text text ",
            FontFactory.getFont("Helvetica", 10, Font.NORMAL, Color.BLACK));
        p.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
        p.setLeading(12f);
        
        mct.addElement(p);
      }

      document.add(mct);
      document.close();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    } 
  }
}

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