modular_division_table[b][c] = a
-
+ def every_nth(text, n, fillvalue=''):
+ """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) # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+ ['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']
+ >>> every_nth(string.ascii_lowercase, 5, fillvalue='!')
+ ['afkpuz', 'bglqv!', 'chmrw!', 'dinsx!', 'ejoty!']
+ """
+ split_text = chunks(text, n, fillvalue)
+ return [''.join(l) for l in zip_longest(*split_text, fillvalue=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='')])
+
+ def chunks(text, n, fillvalue=None):
+ """Split a text into chunks of n characters
+
+ >>> chunks('abcdefghi', 3)
+ ['abc', 'def', 'ghi']
+ >>> chunks('abcdefghi', 4)
+ ['abcd', 'efgh', 'i']
+ >>> chunks('abcdefghi', 4, fillvalue='!')
+ ['abcd', 'efgh', 'i!!!']
+ """
+ if fillvalue:
+ padding = fillvalue[0] * (n - len(text) % n)
+ else:
+ padding = ''
+ return [(text+padding)[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(text), n)]
+
def deduplicate(text):
"""If a string contains duplicate letters, remove all but the first. Retain
the order of the letters.