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+++ b/tests/test_chunk.py	Sun Dec 10 17:57:03 2017 -0800
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+test data chunking
+"""
+
+import os
+import unittest
+from lemuriformes.chunk import chunk
+
+class TestChunking(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_range(self):
+        """test basic chunking with range function"""
+
+        data = list(range(64))
+        chunked = list(chunk(data, 10))
+        assert len(chunked) == 7
+        sizes = set([len(c) for c in
+                     chunked[:-1]])
+        assert len(sizes) == 1
+        assert sizes.pop() == 10
+        reconstructed = []
+        for _chunk in chunked:
+            reconstructed.extend(_chunk)
+        assert reconstructed == list(range(64))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()