take

keep firstof elements from given collection and return the remaining ones


Parameters

take collection :string :literal :pathliteral :block :range
     number :integer

Returns

  • :string
  • :block
  • or  :nothing

Examples

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str: "some text" take str 4 ; => some take str neg 4 ; => text take 1..3 2 ; => [1 2]

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arr: @1..10 take 'arr 3 arr ; => arr: [1 2 3]

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take [1 2 3] 3 ; => [1 2 3] take [1 2 3] 4 ; => [1 2 3]

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