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list2chunks returns new list with chunks from the input list. chunks are having lenghts of chlen and with the last chunk being merged if shorter than chlen
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list2chunks.py
def list2chunks(lst, chlen=10, chcount=0, chunks=[], tail = 0.5):
'''it returns new list with chunks from the input list. \
chunks are having lenghts of chlen and with the last chunk \
being merged if shorter than chlen'''
if len(lst) <= chlen + tail * chlen:
chunks.append(lst[chcount:])
return chunks
chunk = lst[chcount:chcount+chlen]
chcount += chlen
chunks.append(chunk)
return list2chunks(lst[chcount:], chunks=chunks)
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