Problem 967. Split a string into chunks of specified length

Created by Brandon Kuczenski

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Given a string and a vector of integers, break the string into chunks whose lengths are given by the elements of the vector. Extra characters leftover at the end should be dropped. Example:

break_string('I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle',[4 1 5 22])

should return a 4x1 cell array:

ans = 
  'I se'    'e'    'm to '    'be having tremendous d'

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goc3 on 12 Dec 2016

Additional test cases have been added.

Paresh yeole on 22 Jan 2020

Problem Description says, function should return n*1, however the solutions are 1*n. Kindly, edit the problem description.

Yunpeng Teng on 5 Dec 2020

Problem say cell is n*1 ,but example is 1*n

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