Method: Array#drop

Defined in:
array.c

#drop(n) ⇒ Array

Drops first n elements from ary and returns the rest of the elements in an array.

If a negative number is given, raises an ArgumentError.

See also Array#take

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

Returns:



5300
5301
5302
5303
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5305
5306
5307
5308
5309
5310
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5312
 
# File 'array.c', line 5300

static VALUE
rb_ary_drop(VALUE ary, VALUE n)
{
    VALUE result;
    long pos = NUM2LONG(n);
    if (pos < 0) {
  rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "attempt to drop negative size");
    }

    result = rb_ary_subseq(ary, pos, RARRAY_LEN(ary));
    if (result == Qnil) result = rb_ary_new();
    return result;
}