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`drop nth` for filters

Drop the selected rows.

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

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
list<any>	list<any>

Drop the first, second, and third row

> [sam,sarah,2,3,4,5] |drop nth012
╭───┬───╮
│0│3│
│1│4│
│2│5│
╰───┴───╯

Drop the first, second, and third row

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

Drop rows 0 2 4

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

Drop rows 2 0 4

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

Drop range rows from second to fourth

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

Drop all rows except first row

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

Drop rows 3,4,5

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