code for Computer Language Shootout

[Steven Bethard]

Michael Spencer wrote:
> def output(seq, linelength = 60):
>     if seq:
>         iterseq = iter(seq)
>         while iterseq:
>             print "".join(islice(iterseq,linelength))

Worth noting: "while iterseq" only works because for this case, you have 
a list iterator, which provides a __len__ method.  This approach will 
not work when you have an iterator that does not provide a __len__ 
method.  For a nice infinite printing loop, try:

def gen():
     yield '+'*100
     yield '*'*100

output(gen())

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