How to iterate the input over a particular size?

[Aahz]

In article <46a5e979-7a87-49ee-ac7e-71d3a235d7f1 at e37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
joy99  <subhakolkata1234 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>input_string=raw_input("PRINT A STRING:")
>string_to_word=input_string.split()
>len_word_list=len(string_to_word)
>if len_word_list>9:
>             rest_words=string_to_word[9:]
>             len_rest_word=len(rest_words)
>             if len_rest_word>9:
>                      remaining_words=rest_words[9:]

input_string.split(None, 9) does something like what you want, but it
does require recopying the tail each iteration.  Overall, if you have
enough RAM and you don't need to preserve input_string after splitting,
your approach probably is the one I'd use.
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