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Ruby | Enumerable take() function

Last Updated : 05 Dec, 2019
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The take() of enumerable is an inbuilt method in Ruby returns the first N elements from the enumerable. If it does not have N elements, then it returns the entire enum.

Syntax: enu.take(n)

Parameters: The function accepts N which specifies the number of elements to be returned.

Return Value: It returns the first N elements.

Example #1:




# Ruby program for take method in Enumerable
  
# Initialize 
enu = [10, 13, 12, 11]
  
# Prints 
enu.take(3)


Output:

[10, 13, 12]

Example #2:




# Ruby program for take method in Enumerable
  
# Initialize 
enu = (1..19)
  
# Prints 
enu.take(4)


Output:

[1, 2, 3, 4]

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