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Is a keyword indicating that the number of columns should be determined by other CSS properties, like column-width.
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Is a strictly positive <integer> describing the ideal number of columns into which the content of the element will be flowed. If the column-width is also set to a non-auto value, it merely indicates the maximum allowed number of columns.