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Name | ### shorten()
Examples |
    String[] sa1 = { "OH ", "NY ", "CA "};
    String[] sa2 = shorten(sa1);
    println(sa1);  // 'sa1' still contains OH, NY, CA
    println(sa2);  // 'sa2' now contains OH, NY
Description | Decreases a one-dimensional array by one element and returns the shortened array. When using an array of objects, the data returned from the function must be cast to the object array's data type. For example: SomeClass[] items = (SomeClass[]) shorten(originalArray)
Syntax |
    shorten(list)
Parameters |
list | Object, String[], float[], int[], char[], byte[], or boolean[]: array to shorten
Returns | boolean[], byte[], char[], int[], float[], String[], or Object
Related | append() expand()

Updated on January 9, 2020 00:33:09pm EST