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# gettail

Purpose
Get a copy of the last elements of a list.
Synopsis
`function gettail(l:list, o:integer):list`
Arguments

l | A list
o | Number of elements to copy if >0 or number of elements to ignore if <0

Return value
A (partial) copy of the list.
Example

    L:=[1,2,3,4,5]
    L2:=gettail(L,2)    ! => L2=[4,5]
    L2:=gettail(L,-1)   ! => L2=[2,3,4,5]

Further information
This function does not alter its input list. If the second parameter is 0 an empty list is returned. If the same parameter is larger than the size of the list the function returns a copy of the original list.
Related topics
gethead
Parent Topic Predefined functions and procedures

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