# How to split string into multiple chunks by size

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/how-to-split-string-into-multiple-chunks-by-size/39662>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** strings\
**Created:** [May 13, 2021, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/how-to-split-string-into-multiple-chunks-by-size/39662 "2021-05-13T11:36:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/how-to-split-string-into-multiple-chunks-by-size/39662/4 "2021-05-13T23:14:09Z")

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@hauleth I did a quick test and it seems like this method will throughway a leftover chunk.

> for \<\<chunk::size(5)-binary ← “hello world”\>\>, do: chunk  
> [“hello”, " worl"]

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