zip(*(ln.rsplit(None, 1) for ln in group)) code example

Example: split string by length python

>>> x = "qwertyui"
>>> chunks, chunk_size = len(x), len(x)/4
>>> [ x[i:i+chunk_size] for i in range(0, chunks, chunk_size) ]
['qw', 'er', 'ty', 'ui']