Creating sublists [duplicate]

Answer 1

I think this split function does what you're looking for (though it works with any iterator rather than just lists):

from itertools import islice

def take(n, it):
    "Return first n items of the iterable as a list"
    return list(islice(it, n))

def split(it, size):
    it = iter(it)
    size = int(size)
    ret = take(size, it)
    while ret:
        yield ret
        ret = take(size, it)

Edit: Regarding your asside, I always use list.append(blah), as it feels more idiomatic to me, but I believe they are functionally equivalent.