C# - elegant way of partitioning a list?

Question

I\'d like to partition a list into a list of lists, by specifying the number of elements in each partition.

For instance, suppose I have the list {1, 2, ... 11}, and

Answer 1

var yourList = new List { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 };
var groupSize = 4;

// here's the actual query that does the grouping...
var query = yourList
    .Select((x, i) => new { x, i })
    .GroupBy(i => i.i / groupSize, x => x.x);

// and here's a quick test to ensure that it worked properly...
foreach (var group in query)
{
    foreach (var item in group)
    {
        Console.Write(item + ",");
    }
    Console.WriteLine();
}

If you need an actual List> rather than an IEnumerable> then change the query as follows:

var query = yourList
    .Select((x, i) => new { x, i })
    .GroupBy(i => i.i / groupSize, x => x.x)
    .Select(g => g.ToList())
    .ToList();