take for filters> take {flags} (n)
n: starting from the front, the number of elements to return| input | output | 
|---|---|
| binary | binary | 
| list<any> | list<any> | 
| range | list<number> | 
| table | table | 
Return the first item of a list/table
> [123] |take1
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│0│1│
╰───┴───╯
Return the first 2 items of a list/table
> [123] |take2
╭───┬───╮
│0│1│
│1│2│
╰───┴───╯
Return the first two rows of a table
> [[editions]; [2015] [2018] [2021]] |take2
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│# │ editions │
├───┼──────────┤
│0│2015│
│1│2018│
╰───┴──────────╯
Return the first 2 bytes of a binary value
>0x[012345] |take2
Length:2 (0x2) bytes|printablewhitespaceascii_othernon_ascii
00000000:0123•#
Return the first 3 elements of a range
>1..10|take3
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│0│1│
│1│2│
│2│3│
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| name | type | usage | 
|---|---|---|
| take until | Builtin | Take elements of the input until a predicate is true. | 
| take while | Builtin | Take elements of the input while a predicate is true. | 
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