Standard lib version of something like enumerate() that takes a max count iteration parameter?

[Peter Otten]

Andre Müller wrote:

> # to impress your friends you can do
> for chunk in itertools.zip_longest(*[iter(s)]*4):
>     chunked_str = ''.join(c for c in chunk if c) # generator expression
> inside join with condition
>     print(chunked_str)
 
This can be simplified with a fillvalue

>>> s = "abracadabra"
>>> for chunk in itertools.zip_longest(*[iter(s)]*4, fillvalue=""):
...     print("".join(chunk))
... 
abra
cada
bra

but for sequences I prefer regular slicing:

>>> N = 4
>>> for start in range(0, len(s), N):
...     print(s[start:start+N])
... 
abra
cada
bra