[issue23695] idiom for clustering a data series into n-length groups

[Paddy McCarthy]

New submission from Paddy McCarthy:

In the zip section of the documentation, e.g. https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#zip There is mention of an idiom for clustering a data series into n-length groups that I seem to only come across when people are explaining how it works on blog entries such as the three mentioned here: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2z4rv4/a_function_for_partitioning_python_arrays/cpfvwun?context=3

It is not a straight-forward bit of code and so I think it should either be explained in more detail in the documentation or removed as an idiom, or I guess it could be encapsulated in a function and added to the stdlib.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 238365
nosy: Paddy McCarthy, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: idiom for clustering a data series into n-length groups
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4

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