Python – Divide String into Equal K chunks

Last Updated : 02 Sep, 2020

Given a String perform division into K equal chunks.

Input : test_str = ‘geeksforgeek’, K = 4
Output : [‘gee’, ‘ksf’, ‘org’, ‘eek’]
Explanation : 12/4 = 3, length of each string extracted.
Input : test_str = ‘geeksforgeek’, K = 1
Output : [‘geeksforgeek’]
Explanation : 12/1 = 12, whole string is single chunk.

Method #1 : Using len() + loop

In this, we first perform task of computation of length of each chunk required from K and string length, post that, string is splitted on desired indices to extract chunks using slicing.

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# Python3 code to demonstrate working of 
# Divide String into Equal K chunks
# Using len() + loop
  
# initializing strings
test_str = 'geeksforgeeks 1'
  
# printing original string
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str))
  
# initializing K 
K = 5
  
# compute chunk length 
chnk_len = len(test_str) // K
  
res = []
for idx in range(0, len(test_str), chnk_len):
      
    # appending sliced string
    res.append(test_str[idx : idx + chnk_len])
      
  
# printing result 
print("The K chunked list : " + str(res)) 

Output

The original string is : geeksforgeeks 1
The K chunked list : ['gee', 'ksf', 'org', 'eek', 's 1']

Method #2 : Using list comprehension

The method similar to above, difference being that last process is encapsulated to one – liner list comprehension.

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# Python3 code to demonstrate working of 
# Divide String into Equal K chunks
# Using list comprehension
  
# initializing strings
test_str = 'geeksforgeeks 1'
  
# printing original string
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str))
  
# initializing K 
K = 5
  
# compute chunk length 
chnk_len = len(test_str) // K
  
# one-liner to perform the task 
res = [test_str[idx : idx + chnk_len] for idx in range(0, len(test_str), chnk_len)]
  
# printing result 
print("The K len chunked list : " + str(res)) 

Output

The original string is : geeksforgeeks 1
The K len chunked list : ['gee', 'ksf', 'org', 'eek', 's 1']

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