On Nov 26, 7:42 am, Kelie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > This function does I what I want. But I'm wondering if there is an > easier/better way. To be honest, I don't have a good understanding of > what "pythonic" means yet. > > def divide_list(lst, n): > """Divide a list into a number of lists, each with n items. Extra > items are > ignored, if any.""" > cnt = len(lst) / n > rv = [[None for i in range(n)] for i in range(cnt)] > for i in range(cnt): > for j in range(n): > rv[i][j] = lst[i * n + j] > return rv > > Thanks!
Here's a terrible way to do it: def divide_list(lst, n): return zip(*[lst[i::n] for i in range(n)]) [It produces a list of tuples rather than a list of lists, but it usually won't matter]. -- Paul Hankin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list