a port of the Processing Visualization Language
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(array)
Parameters
array boolean[], byte[], char[], int[], float[], or String[], or an array of objects
Returns Array (the same datatype as the input)
Usage Web & Application
Related append()
expand()

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