How can I print every three characters of a string in Python?

To print every three characters of a string in Python, you can use string slicing in a loop. Here’s how you can do it:

1. Using a `for` loop with slicing:

- Iterate through the string with a step of 3, using slicing to extract three characters at a time.

- If the remaining characters are less than three, they will still be printed.

2. Example Code:

def print_every_three_chars(text):
  for i in range(0, len(text), 3):
    print(text[i:i+3])

my_string = "HelloWorldExample"
print_every_three_chars(my_string)

3. Explanation:

- The function `print_every_three_chars` takes a string `text` as input.

- It uses a `for` loop that iterates through the string, starting from index 0, up to the length of the string, incrementing by 3 each time (`range(0, len(text), 3)`).

- In each iteration, `text[i:i+3]` extracts a slice of the string containing three characters starting from index `i`. If fewer than three characters remain, it extracts the available ones.

- The sliced portion of the string is then printed using `print()`.

4. Alternative approach with list comprehension:

def print_every_three_chars_comp(text):
  chunks = [text[i:i+3] for i in range(0, len(text), 3)]
  for chunk in chunks:
    print(chunk)

my_string = "AnotherExampleString"
print_every_three_chars_comp(my_string)

- This approach creates a list of the string chunks and then iterates through the chunks and print each chunk.

5. Output:

- When you run the example code, the output for "HelloWorldExample" would be:

Hel
loW
orl
dEx
amp
le

- For "AnotherExampleString", it will be:

Ano
the
rEx
amp
leS
tri
ng

This simple approach uses Python's string slicing capabilities to accomplish the task effectively.

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