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---
title: Split list into n chunks
tags: list
cover: succulent-10
firstSeen: 2020-10-12T22:11:30+03:00
lastUpdated: 2020-10-23T05:35:06+03:00
---
Chunks a list into `n` smaller lists.
- Use `math.ceil()` and `len()` to get the size of each chunk.
- Use `list()` and `range()` to create a new list of size `n`.
- Use `map()` to map each element of the new list to a chunk the length of `size`.
- If the original list can't be split evenly, the final chunk will contain the remaining elements.
```py
from math import ceil
def chunk_into_n(lst, n):
size = ceil(len(lst) / n)
return list(
map(lambda x: lst[x * size:x * size + size],
list(range(n)))
)
```
```py
chunk_into_n([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7], 4) # [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6], [7]]
```