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Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:07:10 -0600
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On 01/13/13 07:48, Boris FELD wrote:
> 2013/1/13 Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>:
>>>>> SIZE = 3
>>>>> for i in range(len(list1)//SICE):
>> ...     print list1[i*SIZE:i*SIZE+SIZE]
>
> A little shorter and simpler version:
>>>> x = x[1:]
>>>> for i in range(0,len(x),SIZE):
> ...      print x[i: i+SIZE]

Doh, I always forget that range() takes an optional stride.  Or 
rather, I use it so infrequently that I reach for other alternatives 
before it occurs to me :)

-tkc