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---
title: Remove list elements
type: snippet
tags: [list]
author: chalarangelo
cover: sea-view-2
dateModified: 2020-09-15T16:13:06+03:00
---
Returns a list with `n` elements removed from the beginning.
- Use slice notation to create a slice of the list with `n` elements taken from the beginning.
```py
def take(itr, n = 1):
return itr[:n]
```
```py
take([1, 2, 3], 5) # [1, 2, 3]
take([1, 2, 3], 0) # []
```