Drop

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Returns a new dict containing all except the first $n entries of the given KeyedTraversable

namespace HH\Lib\Dict;

function drop<Tk as arraykey, Tv>(
  KeyedTraversable<Tk, Tv> $traversable,
  int $n,
): dict<Tk, Tv>;

To take only the first $n entries, see Dict\take().

Time complexity: O(n), where n is the size of $traversable Space complexity: O(n), where n is the size of $traversable

Parameters

• KeyedTraversable<Tk,Tv> $traversable
• int $n

Returns

• dict<Tk, Tv>

Examples

$result = Dict\drop(dict[1 => 2, 2 => 4, 3 => 9], 1);
print_r($result);
//result: dict[2=>4, 3=>9]

$result = Dict\drop(dict[], 1);
print_r($result);
//result: dict[]