I need to split a string into chunks according to a specific size. I cannot break words between chunks, so I need to catch when adding the next word will go over chunk size and start the next one (it's ok if a chunk is less than specified size).
Here is my working code, but I would like to find a more elegant way to do this.
def split_into_chunks_by_size(chunk_size, string)
string_split_into_chunks = [""]
string.split(" ").each do |word|
if (string_split_into_chunks[-1].length + 1 + word.length > chunk_size)
string_split_into_chunks << word
else
string_split_into_chunks[-1] << " " + word
end
end
return string_split_into_chunks
end
How about:
str = "split a string into chunks according to a specific size. Seems easy enough, but here is the catch: I cannot be breaking words between chunks, so I need to catch when adding the next word will go over chunk size and start the next one (its ok if a chunk is less than specified size)."
str.scan(/.{1,25}\W/)
=> ["split a string into ", "chunks according to a ", "specific size. Seems easy ", "enough, but here is the ", "catch: I cannot be ", "breaking words between ", "chunks, so I need to ", "catch when adding the ", "next word will go over ", "chunk size and start the ", "next one (its ok if a ", "chunk is less than ", "specified size)."]
Update after @sawa comment:
str.scan(/.{1,25}\b|.{1,25}/).map(&:strip)
This is better as it doesn't require a string to end with \W
And it will handle words longer than specified length. Actually it will split them, but I assume this is desired behaviour
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