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Take

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Take[expr, n]

returns expr with all but the first n elements removed.

Take[list, -n]

returns last n elements of list.

Take[list, {m, n}]

returns elements m through n of list.

Get the first three elements:

• • Take[{a, b, c, d}, 3]

Get the last two elements:

• • Take[{a, b, c, d}, -2]

Get the elements from the second element through the next to last element:

• • Take[{a, b, c, d, e}, {2, -2}]

Take a submatrix:

• • A = {{a, b, c}, {d, e, f}};

• • Take[A, 2, 2]

Take a single column:

• • Take[A, All, {2}]

Taking the 0th element does nothing, and returns an empty list:

• • Take[{a, b, c, d}, 0]

See also Drop.