take n [...]Takes the first n items from the list.
Example
Lazy Evaluation Example
> ones = 1 : ones
> tenOnes = take 10 ones
[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]Formal Implementation
take _ [] = []
take 0 _ = []
take n (x:xs) = x : take (n-1) xstake n [...]Takes the first n items from the list.
> ones = 1 : ones
> tenOnes = take 10 ones
[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]take _ [] = []
take 0 _ = []
take n (x:xs) = x : take (n-1) xs