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drop nth for filters

Drop the selected rows.

Signature

> drop nth {flags} (row number or row range) ...rest

Parameters

  • row number or row range: the number of the row to drop or a range to drop consecutive rows
  • ...rest: the number of the row to drop

Input/output types:

input output
list<any> list<any>

Examples

Drop the first, second, and third row

> [sam,sarah,2,3,4,5] |drop nth012
╭───┬───╮
03
14
25
╰───┴───╯

Drop the first, second, and third row

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] |drop nth012
╭───┬───╮
03
14
25
╰───┴───╯

Drop rows 0 2 4

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] |drop nth024
╭───┬───╮
01
13
25
╰───┴───╯

Drop rows 2 0 4

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] |drop nth204
╭───┬───╮
01
13
25
╰───┴───╯

Drop range rows from second to fourth

> [firstsecondthirdfourthfifth] |drop nth (1..3)
╭───┬───────╮
0first
1fifth
╰───┴───────╯

Drop all rows except first row

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] |drop nth1..
╭───┬───╮
00
╰───┴───╯

Drop rows 3,4,5

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] |drop nth3..
╭───┬───╮
00
11
22
╰───┴───╯

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