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Defaults to <code>0</code>.</p> </li> <li><b>end</b> <code>{Number}</code>: <p>The first index not to include in the copy If <em>end</em> is not supplied, <code>slice</code> will copy until the end of the list.</p> </li> </ol> </div> <div class="returns"> <h3 class="returns-title">Returns</h3> <p> <code>{<a href="list.html" title="Create observable lists.">can-define/list/list</a>}</code>: <p>A new <code>DefineList</code> with the extracted elements.</p> </p> </div> </div> <section class="body"> <h2>Use</h2> <p><code>slice</code> is the simplest way to copy a DefineList:</p> <pre><code>var list = new DefineList(['Alice', 'Bob', 'Eve']); var copy = list.slice(); copy //-> DefineList['Alice', 'Bob', 'Eve'] list === copy; //-> false </code></pre> </section> <script type="text/javascript"> var docObject = {"type":"function","name":"can-define/list/list.prototype.slice","parent":"can-define/list/list.prototype","src":{"line":730,"codeLine":764,"path":"node_modules/can-define/list/list.js"},"description":"Make a copy of a part of a DefineList. 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