[Haskell-cafe] split string into n parts

[Udo Stenzel]

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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