Merge pull request #171 from iamsoorena/take-every-nth-element

take every nth element of an array

snippets/take-every-nth-element.md

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+### 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);
+// everynth([1,2,3,4,5,6], 2) -> [ 1, 3, 5 ]
+```

tag_database

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ 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