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take

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take(p1) public

Returns first n elements from ary.

a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0]
a.take(3)             # => [1, 2, 3]

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     ary.take(n)               => array
 *  
 *  Returns first n elements from <i>ary</i>.
 *     
 *     a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0]
 *     a.take(3)             # => [1, 2, 3]
 *     
 */

static VALUE
rb_ary_take(obj, n)
    VALUE obj;
    VALUE n;
{
    long len = NUM2LONG(n);
    if (len < 0) {
        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "attempt to take negative size");
    }

    return rb_ary_subseq(obj, 0, len);
}

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