Take

Usage

• Take[list, n] gives the first n elements of list.
• Take[list, -n] gives the last n elements of list.
• Take[list, {m, n}] gives elements m through n of list.
• Take[list, {m, n, s}] gives elements m through n in steps of s.
• Take[list, , , ... ] gives a nested list in which elements specified by are taken at level i in list.

Notes

• Examples: Take[a,b,c,d,e, 3].

• Take[a,b,c,d,e, -2].

• Take[Range[15], 3, 12, 4].

• Take[list, , ] effectively extracts a submatrix from list.

• Example: Take[a,b,c,d,e,f, -1, 2].

Further Examples