@extra-array/left-update/README.md

Gets values from the left.

Gets values from the left. [:running:] [:vhs:] [:package:] [:moon:] [:ledger:]
> Alternatives: [left], [left$].<br>
> Similar: [left], [middle], [right].<br>
> This is part of package [extra-array].

[extra-array]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/extra-array

```javascript
array.left$(x, [n]);
// x: an array (updated)
// n: number of values (1)
// --> x
```

```javascript
const array = require('extra-array');

var x = [1, 2, 3];
array.left$(x, 1);
// [ 1 ]

x;
// [ 1 ]

var x = [1, 2, 3];
array.left$(x, 2);
// [ 1, 2 ]
```

### references

- [LEFT$: QBasic 1.1](https://www.qbasic.net/en/reference/qb11/Function/LEFT_.htm)
- [Strings.Left: Visual Basic](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.visualbasic.strings.left?view=netframework-4.8)
- [Left: Visual Basic for Applications](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/left-function)
- [Data.List.init: Haskell](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.12.0.0/docs/Data-List.html#v:init)
- [Array.to: sugarjs](https://sugarjs.com/docs/#/Array/to)

[:running:]: https://npm.runkit.com/@extra-array/left-update
[:package:]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@extra-array/left-update
[:moon:]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@extra-array/left-update.min
[:ledger:]: https://unpkg.com/@extra-array/left-update/
[left]: https://github.com/nodef/extra-array/wiki/left
[left$]: https://github.com/nodef/extra-array/wiki/left$
[middle]: https://github.com/nodef/extra-array/wiki/middle
[right]: https://github.com/nodef/extra-array/wiki/right
[:vhs:]: https://asciinema.org/a/332090