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drop

clojure.core

(drop n coll)

Returns a lazy sequence of all but the first n items in coll.

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```
user=> (drop -1 [1 2 3 4])
(1 2 3 4) 

user=> (drop 0 [1 2 3 4])
(1 2 3 4) 

user=> (drop 2 [1 2 3 4])
(3 4) 

user=> (drop 5 [1 2 3 4])
()
```
user=> (drop -1 [1 2 3 4]) (1 2 3 4) user=> (drop 0 [1 2 3 4]) (1 2 3 4) user=> (drop 2 [1 2 3 4]) (3 4) user=> (drop 5 [1 2 3 4]) ()

Source clojure/core.clj:2513 top

(defn drop
  "Returns a lazy sequence of all but the first n items in coll."
  {:added "1.0"
   :static true}
  [n coll]
  (let [step (fn [n coll]
               (let [s (seq coll)]
                 (if (and (pos? n) s)
                   (recur (dec n) (rest s))
                   s)))]
    (lazy-seq (step n coll))))

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