parts 0.0.4.0

Minimal Python library for common list functions related to partitioning lists (and recombining them).

Minimal Python library for common list functions related to partitioning lists (and recombining them).

Package Installation and Usage

The package is available on PyPI:

python -m pip install parts

The library can be imported in the usual ways:

import parts
from parts import parts

Examples

Examples of usage are provided below:

>>> from parts import parts
>>> list(parts2([1,2,3,4,5,6,7], length=2))
[[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6], [7]]

>>> list(parts2([1,2,3,4,5,6,7], length=4))
[[1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7]]

>>> list(parts2([1,2,3,4,5,6,7], number=1))
[[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]]

>>> list(parts2([1,2,3,4,5,6,7], 5))
[[1], [2], [3], [4, 5], [6, 7]]

>>> list(parts2([1,2,3,4,5,6], 2, 3))
[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]

>>> list(parts2([1,2,3,4,5,6], number=3, length=2))
[[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]

>>> list(parts([1,2,3,4,5,6,7], 7, [1,1,1,1,1,1,1]))
[[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]]

>>> list(parts([1,2,3,4,5,6], length=[2,2,2]))
[[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]

>>> list(parts([1,2,3,4,5,6], length=[1,2,3]))
[[1], [2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]

>>> list(parts2([1,2,3,4,5,6,7], number=3, length=2))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  ...
PartsError: 'List cannot be split into 3 parts each of length 2.'