Split a vector into chunks

Question

I have to split a vector into n chunks of equal size in R. I couldn\'t find any base function to do that. Also Google didn\'t get me anywhere. Here is what I came up with so

Answer 1

Here's another variant.

NOTE: with this sample you're specifying the CHUNK SIZE in the second parameter

1. all chunks are uniform, except for the last;
2. the last will at worst be smaller, never bigger than the chunk size.

chunk <- function(x,n)
{
    f <- sort(rep(1:(trunc(length(x)/n)+1),n))[1:length(x)]
    return(split(x,f))
}

#Test
n<-c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11)

c<-chunk(n,5)

q<-lapply(c, function(r) cat(r,sep=",",collapse="|") )
#output
1,2,3,4,5,|6,7,8,9,10,|11,|