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| Module: | Prelude |
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| Function: | take |
| Type: | Int -> [a] -> [a] |
| Description: | creates a list, the first argument determines, how many items should be taken from the list passed as the second argument |
| Related: | cycle, iterate, repeat, replicate |
Input: take 5 [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
Output: [1,2,3,4,5]
Input: take 5 [1,2]
Output: [1,2]
Input: take 0 [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
Output: []
Input: take 5 (repeat 3)
Output: [3,3,3,3,3]
Input: take 10 (iterate (2*) 1)
Output: [1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512]
Input: take 10 (cycle [1,2,3])
Output: [1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1]