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Name

shorten()

Description

Decreases an 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).

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

Syntax

shorten(list)

Parameters

list(boolean[], byte[], char[], int[], float[], String[], Object)array to shorten

Return

boolean[], byte[], char[], int[], float[], String[], or Object

append()
expand()

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