drop nth for filters

Drop the selected rows.

Signature

> drop nth (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:

inputoutput
list<any>list<any>

Examples

Drop the first, second, and third row

> [sam,sarah,2,3,4,5] | drop nth 0 1 2
╭───┬───╮
│ 03 │
│ 14 │
│ 25 │
╰───┴───╯

Drop the first, second, and third row

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] | drop nth 0 1 2
╭───┬───╮
│ 03 │
│ 14 │
│ 25 │
╰───┴───╯

Drop rows 0 2 4

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] | drop nth 0 2 4
╭───┬───╮
│ 01 │
│ 13 │
│ 25 │
╰───┴───╯

Drop rows 2 0 4

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] | drop nth 2 0 4
╭───┬───╮
│ 01 │
│ 13 │
│ 25 │
╰───┴───╯

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..
╭───┬───╮
│ 00 │
╰───┴───╯

Drop rows 3,4,5

> [0,1,2,3,4,5] | drop nth 3..
╭───┬───╮
│ 00 │
│ 11 │
│ 22 │
╰───┴───╯