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Take

Take[list, n]
gives the first n elements of list.

Take[list, -n]
gives the last n elements of list.

Take[list, {m, n}]
gives elements m through n of list.

Take[list, seq₁, seq₂, ...]
gives a nested list in which elements specified by seq_i are taken at level i in list.

	All	all elements
	None	no elements
	n	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

Applying Take to a SparseArray object normally yields another SparseArray object.

Take the first 4 elements from a list:

Take the last 3 elements:

Take elements 2 through 4: