how do I chunk an enumerable?

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If memory consumption isn’t a concern, then like this?

static class Ex
{
    public static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<TValue>> Chunk<TValue>(
        this IEnumerable<TValue> values, 
        int chunkSize)
    {
        return values
               .Select((v, i) => new {v, groupIndex = i / chunkSize})
               .GroupBy(x => x.groupIndex)
               .Select(g => g.Select(x => x.v));
    }
}

Otherwise you could get creative with the yield keyword, like so:

static class Ex
{
    public static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<TValue>> Chunk<TValue>(
                    this IEnumerable<TValue> values, 
                    int chunkSize)
    {
        using(var enumerator = values.GetEnumerator())
        {
            while(enumerator.MoveNext())
            {
                yield return GetChunk(enumerator, chunkSize).ToList();
            }
        }
    }

    private static IEnumerable<T> GetChunk<T>(
                     IEnumerator<T> enumerator,
                     int chunkSize)
    {
        do
        {
            yield return enumerator.Current;
        } while(--chunkSize > 0 && enumerator.MoveNext());
    }
}

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