add ChunkStrings for splitting a string slice into fixed-size batches

ChunkStrings cuts a slice into consecutive pieces of at most the requested
size, with the leftovers in the last piece, and returns copies so the pieces
cannot disturb each other. Comes with a doc comment and table-driven tests.
(closes #3)

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package util
// ChunkStrings splits input into consecutive slices of at most size elements.
// The last slice holds whatever is left over and may be shorter than the
// others. Each returned slice is a copy, so appending to one of them cannot
// disturb another. A size below one, or an empty input, returns nil.
func ChunkStrings(input []string, size int) [][]string {
if size < 1 || len(input) == 0 {
return nil
}
out := make([][]string, 0, (len(input)+size-1)/size)
for start := 0; start < len(input); start += size {
end := start + size
if end > len(input) {
end = len(input)
}
chunk := make([]string, end-start)
copy(chunk, input[start:end])
out = append(out, chunk)
}
return out
}

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package util
import (
"reflect"
"testing"
)
func TestChunkStrings(t *testing.T) {
tests := []struct {
name string
input []string
size int
expected [][]string
}{
{"exact multiple", []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}, 2, [][]string{{"a", "b"}, {"c", "d"}}},
{"with a remainder", []string{"a", "b", "c"}, 2, [][]string{{"a", "b"}, {"c"}}},
{"size larger than input", []string{"a", "b"}, 5, [][]string{{"a", "b"}}},
{"size of one", []string{"a", "b"}, 1, [][]string{{"a"}, {"b"}}},
{"size of zero", []string{"a", "b"}, 0, nil},
{"negative size", []string{"a", "b"}, -1, nil},
{"empty input", []string{}, 2, nil},
{"nil input", nil, 2, nil},
}
for _, test := range tests {
t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
got := ChunkStrings(test.input, test.size)
if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, test.expected) {
t.Errorf("expected %#v got %#v", test.expected, got)
}
})
}
}
func TestChunkStringsReturnsCopies(t *testing.T) {
input := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}
chunks := ChunkStrings(input, 2)
chunks[0][0] = "changed"
if input[0] != "a" {
t.Errorf("expected the input to be unchanged, got %#v", input)
}
}