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1.3.0

take

clojure.core

(take n coll)

Returns a lazy sequence of the first n items in coll, or all items if
there are fewer than n.

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link | changes
```
user=> (take 3 '(1 2 3 4 5 6))
(1 2 3)

user=> (take 3 [1 2 3 4 5 6])
(1 2 3)

user=> (take 3 [1 2])
(1 2)

user=> (take 1 [])
()
```
user=> (take 3 '(1 2 3 4 5 6)) (1 2 3) user=> (take 3 [1 2 3 4 5 6]) (1 2 3) user=> (take 3 [1 2]) (1 2) user=> (take 1 []) ()
link | changes
```
user=> (take 3 (drop 5 (range 1 11)))
(6 7 8)
```
user=> (take 3 (drop 5 (range 1 11))) (6 7 8)

Source clojure/core.clj:2491 top

(defn take
  "Returns a lazy sequence of the first n items in coll, or all items if
  there are fewer than n."
  {:added "1.0"
   :static true}
  [n coll]
  (lazy-seq
   (when (pos? n) 
     (when-let [s (seq coll)]
      (cons (first s) (take (dec n) (rest s)))))))

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