Dividing text into parts

Question

I need to split the text into 3 parts, now I have this:

response = "some text"
res = len(response)
part_1 = response[0:res//2]
part_2 = response[res//2:]
print(part_1)
print(part_2)

this code divides the text into 2 parts, but how can I make it divide into 3 parts?

you need to define "three parts", if its divided by 3, then in case like length 8, should you have 2, 3, 3 or 3, 2, 3 or 3, 3, 2? — python_user, Jan 05 '21 at 13:40
Does this answer your question? [Split a string to even sized chunks](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21351275/split-a-string-to-even-sized-chunks) — costaparas, Jan 05 '21 at 13:44
partially, but I need to split the text exactly through the function in such a way as I have already done — COLDER, Jan 05 '21 at 13:48
If you understand what this code does, what troubles you when you attempt to modify it to make 3 parts instead? — zvone, Jan 05 '21 at 13:49
`part = res//3` and `response[ 0*part : 1*part ]` `response[ 1*part : 2*part ]` `response[ 2*part : 3*part ]` or safer `response[ 2*part : ]` — furas, Jan 05 '21 at 15:28

score -1 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 05 '21 at 13:54

I would do it with a recursive method. Try this:

def split_str(seq, chunk, skip_tail=False):
    lst = []
    if chunk <= len(seq):
        lst.extend([seq[:chunk]])
        lst.extend(split_str(seq[chunk:], chunk, skip_tail))
    elif not skip_tail and seq:
        lst.extend([seq])
    return lst

The answer is returned as a list. If we did:

print(split_str("some text", 3))

We would get a list looking like: ['som', 'e t', 'ext']

If you don't want to include spaces, add `.replace(" ", ""), like this:

print(split_str("some text".replace(" ", ""), 3))

This gives us: ['som', 'ete', 'xt']

Dividing text into parts

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