how to split a string (or sequence) into pairs of characters?

[Berthold Höllmann]

Andrew Koenig <ark at research.att.com> writes:

> Jason> Can anyone come up with a better way of performing these
> Jason> operations? Extra kudos if it easily extends to any sublength
> Jason> and not just pairs.
> 
>         >>> import re
>         >>> re.findall('..', 'aabbccddee')
>         ['ab', 'cd', 'ef']

Aehm,

>>> re.findall('..', 'aabbccddee')
['aa', 'bb', 'cc', 'dd', 'ee']

Greetings

Berthold
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