Operator Reference
tuple_first_n (Operator)
tuple_first_n
— Select the first elements of a tuple up to the index “n”.
Signature
Description
tuple_first_n
selects the first elements of Tuple
up to the index Index
and returns them in Selected
.
Indices of tuple elements start at 0,
that means, the first tuple element has got the index 0. In total,
Index
+1 elements are returned.
Index
must contain a single integer value (or a floating point
number that represents an integer value without fraction).
Exception: Empty input tuple
If Tuple
is empty, an exception is raised.
HDevelop In-line Operation
HDevelop provides an in-line operation for tuple_first_n
,
which can be used in an expression in the following syntax:
Selected := firstn(Tuple, Index)
Execution Information
- Multithreading type: independent (runs in parallel even with exclusive operators).
- Multithreading scope: global (may be called from any thread).
- Processed without parallelization.
Parameters
Tuple
(input_control) tuple(-array) →
(integer / real / string)
Input tuple.
Index
(input_control) integer →
(integer)
Index of the last element to select.
Selected
(output_control) tuple(-array) →
(integer / real / string)
Selected tuple elements.
Alternatives
tuple_last_n
,
tuple_select
,
tuple_str_bit_select
,
tuple_concat
,
tuple_select_mask
See also
Module
Foundation