+def every_nth(text, n):
+ """Returns n strings, each of which consists of every nth character,
+ starting with the 0th, 1st, 2nd, ... (n-1)th character
+
+ >>> every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 5)
+ ['afkpuz', 'bglqv', 'chmrw', 'dinsx', 'ejoty']
+ >>> every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 1)
+ ['abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz']
+ >>> every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 26)
+ ['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']
+ """
+ split_text = [text[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(text), n)]
+ return [''.join(l) for l in zip_longest(*split_text, fillvalue='')]
+
+def combine_every_nth(split_text):
+ """Reforms a text split into every_nth strings
+
+ >>> combine_every_nth(every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 5))
+ 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+ >>> combine_every_nth(every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 1))
+ 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+ >>> combine_every_nth(every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 26))
+ 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+ """
+ return ''.join([''.join(l) for l in zip_longest(*split_text, fillvalue='')])
+
+