take$

Keeps first n entries only. 🏃 [:vhs:] 📦 🌔 📒

Alternatives: take, take$.
Similar: take, drop.

object.take$(x, [n]);
// x: an object (updated)
// n: number of entries (1)
// --> x

const object = require('extra-object');

var x = {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3, d: 4, e: 5};
object.take$(x, 2);
// { a: 1, b: 2 }

x;
// { a: 1, b: 2 }

var x = {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3, d: 4, e: 5};
object.take$(x, 3);
// { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }

references

• Data.List.take: Haskell
• Array.prototype.slice: MDN web docs
• _.take: lodash
• Array.to: sugarjs