i didn't see anything like this for chunking up the list. this way makes me warm and fuzzy...
@things = 'a'..'z';
print "#things", $/;
print "@things", $/;
$by = 5;
print "#by", $/;
print "$by", $/;
@extra = ('.') x $by - 1;
print "#extra", $/;
print "@extra", $/;
@padded_things = (@things, @extra);
print "#padded_things", $/;
print "@padded_things", $/;
print "#chunked", $/;
while ( (@chunk = splice @padded_things, 0, $by) == $by ) {
print "@chunk", $/;
}
$ perl test.pl
#things
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
#by
5
#extra
. . . .
#padded_things
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z . . . .
#chunked
a b c d e
f g h i j
k l m n o
p q r s t
u v w x y
z . . . .
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