Re: split string to whole words based on length

On 4/26/06, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This fails for the input:
> I'm a bit confused by that as the format you show (a set of word
> elements) looks like the output not the input. My solution fails (or at
> least isn't written to do anything useful) if any singleword is greater
> than your length (as it wasn't in the problem description:-)
>
> If you clarify what the input is in this case (and what you want the
> output to be) I'll see if I can tweak the regexp,...

Yes sorry failed to mention the key point of length being 255 for this input:

<words>
<word>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</word>
<word>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</word>
<word>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</word>
<word>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</word>
<word>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</word>
<word>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</word>
<word>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</word>
<word>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</word>
</words>

Both yours and Dimitre's solution's produce 3 output elements:

<words>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</words>
<words>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</words>
<words>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</words>

...but I think it should only be two (which is what mine produces):
 <word>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaa,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</word>
  <word>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,aaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</word>

(lengths are 211 and 117)  I've checked a few times and I think thats
right... sorry about not giving the required length to go with the
sample input (it was after a long day...)