jim burton wrote: > I want to split a string into 5 parts of equal length, with the last fifth > padded if necessary, but can't get it right - here's what I've got -
fifths s = unwords.take 5.unfoldr (Just . splitAt l) $ s ++ repeat ' '
where l = (length s + 4) `div` 5
Of course no Haskeller in his right mind would carelessly apply the
final 'unwords' unless this was for immediate output.
Udo.
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