drop

Syntax

drop(obj, count)

Drops a specified number of elements, columns or rows from the front or end of a vector, matrix or table.

obj is a vector/matrix/table.

count is an integer specifying the number of elements/columns/rows to drop. If negative, drop from the end of obj.

An object with the same data type and form as obj.

x=1..10;
x.drop(2);
// output: [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
x.drop(-2);
// output: [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

x=1..10$2:5;
x;


#0	#1	#2	#3	#4
1	3	5	7	9
2	4	6	8	10

drop(x,2);


#0	#1	#2
5	7	9
6	8	10

x drop -2;


#0	#1	#2
1	3	5
2	4	6

t=table(1 2 3 4 as x, 11..14 as y);
t;

t.drop(2);


x	y
3	13
4	14

Related functions: pop!, removeHead!, removeTail!, remove!