filters

Drop the selected rows.

Signature

> drop nth {flags} (row number or row range) ...rest

Parameters

• row number or row range: The number of the row to drop or a range to drop consecutive rows.
• ...rest: The number of the row to drop.

Input/output types:

input	output
list<any>	list<any>

Examples

Drop the first, second, and third row

> [sam,sarah,2,3,4,5] | drop nth 0 1 2
╭───┬───╮
│ 0 │ 3 │
│ 1 │ 4 │
│ 2 │ 5 │
╰───┴───╯

Drop the first, second, and third row

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] | drop nth 0 1 2
╭───┬───╮
│ 0 │ 3 │
│ 1 │ 4 │
│ 2 │ 5 │
╰───┴───╯

Drop rows 0 2 4

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] | drop nth 0 2 4
╭───┬───╮
│ 0 │ 1 │
│ 1 │ 3 │
│ 2 │ 5 │
╰───┴───╯

Drop rows 2 0 4

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] | drop nth 2 0 4
╭───┬───╮
│ 0 │ 1 │
│ 1 │ 3 │
│ 2 │ 5 │
╰───┴───╯

Drop range rows from second to fourth

> [first second third fourth fifth] | drop nth (1..3)
╭───┬───────╮
│ 0 │ first │
│ 1 │ fifth │
╰───┴───────╯

Drop all rows except first row

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] | drop nth 1..
╭───┬───╮
│ 0 │ 0 │
╰───┴───╯

Drop rows 3,4,5

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] | drop nth 3..
╭───┬───╮
│ 0 │ 0 │
│ 1 │ 1 │
│ 2 │ 2 │
╰───┴───╯