head* ( seq n -- headseq )
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Vocabulary
sequences

Inputs

seq	a sequence
n	a non-negative integer

Outputs

headseq

a new sequence

Word description
Outputs a new sequence consisting of all elements of seq until the nth element from the end. In other words, it removes the last n elements.

Examples

USING: sequences prettyprint ; { 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 } 2 head* .
{ 1 2 3 4 5 }

When a sequence may not have enough elements:

USING: sequences prettyprint ; { 1 2 } 5 index-or-length head* .
{ }

Errors
Throws an error if the index is out of bounds.

See also
head, head-slice, head-slice*

Definition

IN: sequences

: head* ( seq n -- headseq ) from-tail head ;