Splitting a JS array into N arrays

function chunkify(a, n, balanced) {
    
    if (n < 2)
        return [a];

    var len = a.length,
            out = [],
            i = 0,
            size;

    if (len % n === 0) {
        size = Math.floor(len / n);
        while (i < len) {
            out.push(a.slice(i, i += size));
        }
    }

    else if (balanced) {
        while (i < len) {
            size = Math.ceil((len - i) / n--);
            out.push(a.slice(i, i += size));
        }
    }

    else {

        n--;
        size = Math.floor(len / n);
        if (len % size === 0)
            size--;
        while (i < size * n) {
            out.push(a.slice(i, i += size));
        }
        out.push(a.slice(size * n));

    }

    return out;
}


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onload = function () {
    function $(x) {
        return document.getElementById(x);
    }

    function calc() {
        var s = +$('s').value, a = [];
        while (s--)
            a.unshift(s);
        var n = +$('n').value;
        $('b').textContent = JSON.stringify(chunkify(a, n, true))
        $('e').textContent = JSON.stringify(chunkify(a, n, false))
    }

    $('s').addEventListener('input', calc);
    $('n').addEventListener('input', calc);
    calc();
}

<p>slice <input type="number" value="20" id="s"> items into
<input type="number" value="6" id="n"> chunks:</p>
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