From a75d0c4bb9e20643ecb06786740442de1b5ee0f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chalarangelo <chalarangelo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 20:50:09 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add firstN and lastN

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 snippets/firstN.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 snippets/lastN.md  | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 snippets/firstN.md
 create mode 100644 snippets/lastN.md

diff --git a/snippets/firstN.md b/snippets/firstN.md
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+---
+title: First n elements
+tags: array
+expertise: beginner
+author: chalarangelo
+cover: blog_images/digital-nomad-16.jpg
+firstSeen: 2022-07-22T05:00:00-04:00
+---
+
+Gets the first `n` elements of an array.
+
+- Use `Array.prototype.slice()` with a start value of `0` and an end value of `n` to get the first `n` elements of `arr`.
+
+```js
+const firstN = (arr, n) => arr.slice(0, n);
+```
+
+```js
+firstN(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], 2); // ['a', 'b']
+```
diff --git a/snippets/lastN.md b/snippets/lastN.md
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+---
+title: Last n elements
+tags: array
+expertise: beginner
+author: chalarangelo
+cover: blog_images/interior-5.jpg
+firstSeen: 2022-07-23T05:00:00-04:00
+---
+
+Gets the last `n` elements of an array.
+
+- Use `Array.prototype.slice()` with a start value of `-n` to get the last `n` elements of `arr`.
+
+```js
+const lastN = (arr, n) => arr.slice(-n);
+```
+
+```js
+lastN(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], 2); // ['c', 'd']
+```