William Park wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Is there a function that split a string into groups, containing an "x"
>>amount of characters?
>>
>>Ex.
>>TheFunction("Hello World",3)
>>
>>Returns:
>>
>>['Hell','o W','orl','d']
>>
>>
>>Any reply would be truly appreciated.
>
>
> Look into 're' module. Essentially, split using '...', but return the
> separator as well. Then, remove empty items. In Bash shell, you would
This would have to be a candidate for arcane side-effect of the month.
Not in front of the children, please.
> do
> a="Hello World"
> set -- "${a|?...}" # extract '...' separators
> pp_collapse # remove null items
> printf '{%s}\n' "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
> Translating to Python is left as homework.
Given that the OP was struggling to write a simple loop in Python,
giving him an answer in hieroglypghics and suggesting he translate it
into Python could be described as unhelpful.
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