How do you split a csv file into evenly sized chunks in Python?

4956984.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# import csv
# reader = csv.reader(open('4956984.csv', 'rb'))

def gen_chunks(reader, chunksize=100):
    """ 
    Chunk generator. Take a CSV `reader` and yield
    `chunksize` sized slices. 
    """
    chunk = []
    for index, line in enumerate(reader):
        if (index % chunksize == 0 and index > 0):
            yield chunk
            del chunk[:]
        chunk.append(line)
    yield chunk


# test gen_chunk with some dummy range object ...

for chunk in gen_chunks(range(10), chunksize=3):
    print chunk # process chuck

# $ python 4956984.py
# [0, 1, 2]
# [3, 4, 5]
# [6, 7, 8]
# [9]