split the String by given number of letters

Question

Is there a way to split a string by like splitting

"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

to

['The qu', 'ick br', 'own fo', 'x jump', 's over', ' the l', 'azy do', 'g.']

?

Please define the rule, according to which you want to perform the split. An example is not enough. Do you want to split into chunks of 6 characters? — Amitai Irron, May 29 '20 at 22:47
Please read stackoverflow asking guidelines. This isn't a get your homework done site. Show us what you have come up with so far and where you are facing the problem. — Abhishek Bhagate, May 29 '20 at 22:48
lol it's not my homework...I was working on my project which requires a lit python but I have only learned Java and C so I just completely not sure what method I should apply — Aantar, May 29 '20 at 23:03

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 29 '20 at 22:48

If you are trying to split by a particular number of characters, consider using a list comprehension alongside the step parameter of range:

>>> x = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
>>> N = 6
>>> [x[i:i+N] for i in range(0, len(x), N)]
['The qu', 'ick br', 'own fo', 'x jump', 's over', ' the l', 'azy do', 'g.']
>>>

range(0, len(x), N) will return increments of N until len(x). We may use this as the starting index for each slice, and then take N characters after that index, as x[i:i+N].

split the String by given number of letters

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