Splitting a list into N parts of approximately equal length

Question

What is the best way to divide a list into roughly equal parts? For example, if the list has 7 elements and is split it into 2 parts, we want to get 3 elements in o

Answer 1

Rounding the linspace and using it as an index is an easier solution than what amit12690 proposes.

function chunks=chunkit(array,num)

index = round(linspace(0,size(array,2),num+1));

chunks = cell(1,num);

for x = 1:num
chunks{x} = array(:,index(x)+1:index(x+1));
end
end