Python Equivalent for dd & fold

[Michiel Overtoom]

seldan24 wrote:

> I know that Emile suggested that I can slice out the substrings rather
> than do the gradual trimming of the string variable as is being done
> by moving around the length. 

An excellent idea.

def fold(s,chunklength):
     offset=0
     while offset<len(s):
         print s[offset:offset+chunklength]
         offset+=chunklength

s="A very long string indeed. Really that long? Indeed."
fold(s,10)


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