Drop

Drop( num, collection )
Drop( num, collection )
Drop( num, collection )
Drop( num, collection )
drop( num, collection )
drop num, collection
Drop( num, collection )
Drop( num, collection )

Description

The Drop function returns a new collection of the same type that contains the remaining elements, after num have been removed from the head of the collection. If num is zero or negative, all elements of the collection are returned unmodified.

When applied to a collection of type page, the returned page’s before cursor is adjusted to exclude the dropped elements. As special cases:

  • If num is negative, before does not change.

  • Otherwise if all elements from the original page were dropped (including the case where the page was already empty), before is set to same value as the original page’s after.

Parameters

Argument Type Definition and Requirements

collection

Collection

The drop operations should be performed on this collection.

num

Integer

The number of elements to extract from the beginning of the collection.

Returns

A new collection of the same type omitting the first num elements.

Examples

The query below creates a new collection of type Array containing a copy of the last element of the collection passed into the function.

curl https://db.fauna.com/ \
    -u fnAChGwBcAACAO70ziE0cfROosNJHdgBmJU1PgpL: \
    -d '{ "drop": 2, "collection": [ 1, 2, 3 ] }'
client.Query(Drop(2, Arr(1, 2, 3)));
System.out.println(
         client.query(
                 Drop(Value(2), Arr(Value(1), Value(2), Value(3)))
         ).get());
result, _ := client.Query(f.Drop(2, f.Arr{1, 2, 3}))

fmt.Println(result)
client.query(Drop(2, Arr(1, 2, 3)))
client.query(q.drop(2, [1, 2, 3]))
$client.query do
  drop 2, [1, 2, 3]
end
client.query(Drop(count: 2, from: Arr(1, 2, 3)))
client.query(q.Drop(2, [1, 2, 3]))
  .then((ret) => console.log(ret));
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{ "resource": [ 3 ] }
[ 3 ]
[3]
[3]
[ 3 ]
[ 3 ]
[ 3 ]
[ 3 ]
[ 3 ]

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