From a99d61cda5f8a3f7c1c9e0ebab52f87d92ea0ced Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iamsoorena <s.soorena@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 21:24:55 +0330
Subject: [PATCH] adding function that make a new array containing every nth
 element of a given array.

---
 snippets/take-every-nth-element.md | 10 ++++++++++
 tag_database                       |  1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 snippets/take-every-nth-element.md

diff --git a/snippets/take-every-nth-element.md b/snippets/take-every-nth-element.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26bffd8de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/take-every-nth-element.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+### Take every nth element of an array
+
+Use `Array.filter()` to create a new array that contains every nth element of a given array.
+
+```js
+const everynth = (arr, nth) => arr.filter((e, i) => i % nth === 0)
+/*
+ console.log(everynth([1,2,3,4,5,6], 2)) // -> [ 1, 3, 5 ]
+*/
+```
diff --git a/tag_database b/tag_database
index 3acb709f1..6199d7b59 100644
--- a/tag_database
+++ b/tag_database
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ swap-values-of-two-variables:utility
 tail-of-list:array
 take-right:array
 take:array
+take-every-nth-element:array
 truncate-a-string:string
 unique-values-of-array:array
 URL-parameters:utility