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dropWhile

Platform and version requirements: JVM (1.0), JS (1.0), Native (1.0)
fun <T> Sequence<T>.dropWhile(
    predicate: (T) -> Boolean
): Sequence<T>

Returns a sequence containing all elements except first elements that satisfy the given predicate.

The operation is intermediate and stateless.

import kotlin.test.*

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
//sampleStart
val chars = ('a'..'z').toList()
println(chars.drop(23)) // [x, y, z]
println(chars.dropLast(23)) // [a, b, c]
println(chars.dropWhile { it < 'x' }) // [x, y, z]
println(chars.dropLastWhile { it > 'c' }) // [a, b, c]
//sampleEnd
}

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