Gets values from the left. :running: :vhs: :package: :moon: :ledger:

Alternatives: left, left$. Similar: left, middle, right. This is part of package extra-array.

This is browserified, minified version of @extra-array/left-update. It is exported as global variable array_left$. CDN: unpkg, jsDelivr.

array.left$(x, [n]);
// x: an array (updated)
// n: number of values (1)
// --> x

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

var x = [1, 2, 3];
array.left$(x, 1);
// [ 1 ]

x;
// [ 1 ]

var x = [1, 2, 3];
array.left$(x, 2);
// [ 1, 2 ]

references

• LEFT$: QBasic 1.1
• Strings.Left: Visual Basic
• Left: Visual Basic for Applications
• Data.List.init: Haskell
• Array.to: sugarjs