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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 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)
Syntax
shorten(list)
Parameters
list Object, String[], float[], int[], char[], byte[], or boolean[]: array to shorten
Returnsboolean[], byte[], char[], int[], float[], String[], or Object
Relatedappend()
expand()
Updated on May 19, 2014 05:30:00pm PDT

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