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instance method

Enumerable#drop

drop(n) → array

static VALUE
enum_drop(VALUE obj, VALUE n)
{
    VALUE result;
    struct MEMO *memo;
    long len = NUM2LONG(n);

    if (len < 0) {
        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "attempt to drop negative size");
    }

    result = rb_ary_new();
    memo = MEMO_NEW(result, 0, len);
    rb_block_call(obj, id_each, 0, 0, drop_i, (VALUE)memo);
    return result;
}

For positive integer n, returns an array containing all but the first n elements:

Example

r = (1..4)
r.drop(3)  # => [4]
r.drop(2)  # => [3, 4]
r.drop(1)  # => [2, 3, 4]
r.drop(0)  # => [1, 2, 3, 4]
r.drop(50) # => []

h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2, bat: 3}
h.drop(2) # => [[:baz, 2], [:bat, 3]]

See also #detect #drop_while #cycle #each_cons also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0

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