import typing
from itertools import islice


def chunks(items: list | dict, n: int) -> typing.Generator:
    """Yield successive n-sized chunks from lst."""

    if isinstance(items, list):
        for i in range(0, len(items), n):
            yield items[i:i + n]
    elif isinstance(items, dict):
        it = iter(items)
        for i in range(0, len(items), n):
            yield {k: items[k] for k in islice(it, n)}


def evenly_spaced_elements(lst: list, count: int) -> list:
    if count > len(lst):
        return lst
    interval = (len(lst) - 1) / (count - 1) if count > 1 else 0
    return [lst[int(round(i * interval))] for i in range(count)]