left)Left substring every item in a list
Takes a list from stdin and returns a left substring of that same list.
One parameter is required and that is the number of characters to
return. If the parameter is a negative then left counts
from the right.
<stdin> -> left int -> <stdout>» ja [Monday..Wednesday] -> left 2
[
"Mo",
"Tu",
"We"
]» ja [Monday..Wednesday] -> left -3
[
"Mon",
"Tues",
"Wednes"
]Supported data types can queried via runtime
runtime --marshallers
runtime --unmarshallersleftlist.leftprefix): Prefix a string to every item in a listsuffix): Prefix a string to every item in a listcount): Count
items in a map, list or arrayja):
A sophisticated yet simply way to build a JSON arrayright): Right substring every item in a listruntime): Returns runtime information on the internal
state of Murexa): A
sophisticated yet simple way to stream an array or list (mkarray)lang.MarshalData()
(system API): Converts structured memory into a Murex data-type (eg
for stdio)lang.UnmarshalData()
(system API): Converts a Murex data-type into structured memoryThis document was generated from builtins/core/lists/push_pop_doc.yaml.
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