Splitting a string into chunks of a certain size

Question

Suppose I had a string:

string str = \"1111222233334444\"; 

How can I break this string into chunks of some size?

e.g., breaking t

Answer 1

Six years later o_O

Just because

    public static IEnumerable<string> Split(this string str, int chunkSize, bool remainingInFront)
    {
        var count = (int) Math.Ceiling(str.Length/(double) chunkSize);
        Func<int, int> start = index => remainingInFront ? str.Length - (count - index)*chunkSize : index*chunkSize;
        Func<int, int> end = index => Math.Min(str.Length - Math.Max(start(index), 0), Math.Min(start(index) + chunkSize - Math.Max(start(index), 0), chunkSize));
        return Enumerable.Range(0, count).Select(i => str.Substring(Math.Max(start(i), 0),end(i)));
    }

or

    private static Func<bool, int, int, int, int, int> start = (remainingInFront, length, count, index, size) =>
        remainingInFront ? length - (count - index) * size : index * size;

    private static Func<bool, int, int, int, int, int, int> end = (remainingInFront, length, count, index, size, start) =>
        Math.Min(length - Math.Max(start, 0), Math.Min(start + size - Math.Max(start, 0), size));

    public static IEnumerable<string> Split(this string str, int chunkSize, bool remainingInFront)
    {
        var count = (int)Math.Ceiling(str.Length / (double)chunkSize);
        return Enumerable.Range(0, count).Select(i => str.Substring(
            Math.Max(start(remainingInFront, str.Length, count, i, chunkSize), 0),
            end(remainingInFront, str.Length, count, i, chunkSize, start(remainingInFront, str.Length, count, i, chunkSize))
        ));
    }

AFAIK all edge cases are handled.

Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", "abc".Split(2, false))); // ab c
Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", "abc".Split(2, true))); // a bc
Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", "a".Split(2, true))); // a
Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", "a".Split(2, false))); // a

Answer 2

This should be much faster and more efficient than using LINQ or other approaches used here.

public static IEnumerable<string> Splice(this string s, int spliceLength)
{
    if (s == null)
        throw new ArgumentNullException("s");
    if (spliceLength < 1)
        throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("spliceLength");

    if (s.Length == 0)
        yield break;
    var start = 0;
    for (var end = spliceLength; end < s.Length; end += spliceLength)
    {
        yield return s.Substring(start, spliceLength);
        start = end;
    }
    yield return s.Substring(start);
}

Answer 3

public static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> SplitEvery<T>(this IEnumerable<T> values, int n)
{
    var ls = values.Take(n);
    var rs = values.Skip(n);
    return ls.Any() ?
        Cons(ls, SplitEvery(rs, n)) : 
        Enumerable.Empty<IEnumerable<T>>();
}

public static IEnumerable<T> Cons<T>(T x, IEnumerable<T> xs)
{
    yield return x;
    foreach (var xi in xs)
        yield return xi;
}

Answer 4

It's not pretty and it's not fast, but it works, it's a one-liner and it's LINQy:

List<string> a = text.Select((c, i) => new { Char = c, Index = i }).GroupBy(o => o.Index / 4).Select(g => new String(g.Select(o => o.Char).ToArray())).ToList();

Answer 5

In a combination of dove+Konstatin's answers...

static IEnumerable<string> WholeChunks(string str, int chunkSize) {
    for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i += chunkSize) 
        yield return str.Substring(i, chunkSize);
}

This will work for all strings that can be split into a whole number of chunks, and will throw an exception otherwise.

If you want to support strings of any length you could use the following code:

static IEnumerable<string> ChunksUpto(string str, int maxChunkSize) {
    for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i += maxChunkSize) 
        yield return str.Substring(i, Math.Min(maxChunkSize, str.Length-i));
}

However, the the OP explicitly stated he does not need this; it's somewhat longer and harder to read, slightly slower. In the spirit of KISS and YAGNI, I'd go with the first option: it's probably the most efficient implementation possible, and it's very short, readable, and, importantly, throws an exception for nonconforming input.

Answer 6

class StringHelper
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string str = "Hi my name is vikas bansal and my email id is bansal.vks@gmail.com";
        int offSet = 10;

        List<string> chunks = chunkMyStr(str, offSet);

        Console.Read();
    }

    static List<string> chunkMyStr(string str, int offSet)
    {


        List<string> resultChunks = new List<string>();

        for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i += offSet)
        {
            string temp = str.Substring(i, (str.Length - i) > offSet ? offSet : (str.Length - i));
            Console.WriteLine(temp);
            resultChunks.Add(temp);


        }

        return resultChunks;
    }
}