Built-in Mathematica Symbol

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:

Take the first 4 elements from a list:

Take the last 3 elements:

Take elements 2 through 4:

Take elements from the second to the second-to-last:

Take every other element:

Take the first two rows of a matrix:

Take all rows, and the first two columns:

Take the first two rows, and the last column:

Take a submatrix:

Take every other row and column:

Take works with any head, not just List:

Take works with SparseArray objects:

Pick out a subimage:

Sample every third cell in an image:

Take and Drop are complementary:

Take is often equivalent to Part extraction with Range:

Take is equivalent to Part extraction with Span:

Take gives an array whose first dimensions are its arguments:

Reverse[e] is equivalent to Take[e, {-1, 1, -1}]:

Take always returns a list, even if it is just taking a single element: