Take

This method takes the first n elements from an enumerable.

var numbers = new[] {1,2,3,4,5};

var threeFirstNumbers = numbers.Take(3);
Console.WriteLine(string.Join(",", threeFirstNumbers.ToArray()));

//1,2,3

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LINQ:

* LINQ

* SelectMany flat map

* Where filter

* Any

* GroupJoin

* ToLookup

* Except

* Zip

* Aggregate fold

* Concat

* Count

* Distinct

* Intersect

* SequenceEqual

* Min

* Cast

* All

* Sum

* Select map

* FirstOrDefault

* Take

* SingleOrDefault

* Reverse

* OfType

* Max

* Skip

* Average

* LastOrDefault

* Last

* GroupBy

* ToDictionary

* Union

* ToArray

* ToList

* Single

* ElementAt

* ElementAtOrDefault

* SkipWhile

* TakeWhile

* DefaultIfEmpty

* First find

* Contains

* Join

* OrderByDescending

* OrderBy

* Empty

* ThenBy

* Range

* Left Outer Join

* Repeat

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