extract_left

Written by Balazs Halasy, 02/05/2004 Updated 05/04/2005 by Balazs Halasy

Summary

Returns a portion of the start of the input array.

Usage

input|extract_left( length )

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
length	integer	The number of elements that should be extracted.	Yes.

Returns

An array containig the extracted elements.

Description

This operator extracts a portion from the start of the input array. The "length" parameter must be used to specify the number of elements that should be extracted.

Examples

Example 1

{array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 )|extract_left( 3 )}

The following array will be returned: ( 1, 2, 3 ).

Contributors

Balazs Halasy Author 02/05/2004 Updated 05/04/2005

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