Slice a binary number into groups of five digits

Question

Is there any neat trick to slice a binary number into groups of five digits in python?

\'00010100011011101101110100010111\' => [\'00010\', \'00110\', \'10111\', ... ]

Answer 1

>>> [''.join(each) for each in zip(*[iter(s)]*5)]
['00010', '10001', '10111', '01101', '11010', '00101']

or:

>>> map(''.join, zip(*[iter(s)]*5))
['00010', '10001', '10111', '01101', '11010', '00101']

[EDIT]

The question was raised by Greg Hewgill, what to do with the two trailing bits? Here are some possibilities:

>>> from itertools import izip_longest
>>>
>>> map(''.join, izip_longest(*[iter(s)]*5, fillvalue=''))
['00010', '10001', '10111', '01101', '11010', '00101', '11']
>>>
>>> map(''.join, izip_longest(*[iter(s)]*5, fillvalue=' '))
['00010', '10001', '10111', '01101', '11010', '00101', '11   ']
>>>
>>> map(''.join, izip_longest(*[iter(s)]*5, fillvalue='0'))
['00010', '10001', '10111', '01101', '11010', '00101', '11000']