Split a string to even sized chunks

Question

How would I be able to take a string like \'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\' and split it into 4 length tuples like (aaaa,aaaa,aaaa

Answer 1

Here's another possible solution to the given problem:

def split_by_length(text, width):
    width = max(1, width)
    chunk = ""
    for v in text:
        chunk += v
        if len(chunk) == width:
            yield chunk
            chunk = ""

    if chunk:
        yield chunk

if __name__ == '__main__':
    x = "123456789"
    for i in range(20):
        print(i, list(split_by_length(x, i)))

Output:

0 ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9']
1 ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9']
2 ['12', '34', '56', '78', '9']
3 ['123', '456', '789']
4 ['1234', '5678', '9']
5 ['12345', '6789']
6 ['123456', '789']
7 ['1234567', '89']
8 ['12345678', '9']
9 ['123456789']
10 ['123456789']
11 ['123456789']
12 ['123456789']
13 ['123456789']
14 ['123456789']
15 ['123456789']
16 ['123456789']
17 ['123456789']
18 ['123456789']
19 ['123456789']

Answer 2

Using list comprehension, generator expression:

>>> s = 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
>>> [s[i:i+4] for i in range(0, len(s), 4)]
['aaaa', 'aaaa', 'aaaa', 'aaaa', 'aaaa', 'aaa']

>>> tuple(s[i:i+4] for i in range(0, len(s), 4))
('aaaa', 'aaaa', 'aaaa', 'aaaa', 'aaaa', 'aaa')

>>> s = 'a bcdefghi j'
>>> tuple(s[i:i+4] for i in range(0, len(s), 4))
('a bc', 'defg', 'hi j')