TakeDrop
Details
- TakeDrop uses the standard sequence specification:
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All all elementsNone no elementsn elements 1 through n-n last n elements{n} element n only{m,n} elements m through n inclusive{m,n,s} elements m through n in steps of s
- TakeDrop can be used on an object with any head, not necessarily List .
- Applying TakeDrop to a SparseArray object normally yields a pair of SparseArray objects.
- Applying TakeDrop to an Association object yields a pair of Association objects containing elements from the specified positions.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (2)
Take and drop the first two elements:
Take and drop elements at positions 2 to 4:
Scope (5)
Applications (1)
Break a list into sublists of given lengths:
See Also
Take Drop StringTakeDrop FoldPair FoldPairList Part Partition ArrayReshape Split Flatten
Function Repository: KeyTakeDrop SplitAtPositions
Related Guides
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), TakeDrop, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TakeDrop.html (updated 2015).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "TakeDrop." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2015. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TakeDrop.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). TakeDrop. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TakeDrop.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_takedrop, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TakeDrop}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TakeDrop.html}", note=[Accessed: 14-January-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_takedrop, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TakeDrop}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TakeDrop.html}, note=[Accessed: 14-January-2026]}