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· Last updated：2026-01-21
Drop first N items from array using lodash _.drop
Details
Remove a specified number of elements from the beginning of an array.
Examples:
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], Drop: 2 → [3, 4, 5]["a", "b", "c", "d"], Drop: 1 → ["b", "c", "d"][10, 20, 30, 40, 50], Drop: 3 → [40, 50][1, 2, 3], Drop: 0 → [1, 2, 3] (no items dropped)[1, 2, 3], Drop: 10 → [] (drops all items)Use Cases:
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Drop Items removes a specified number of elements from the beginning of a JSON array using the Lodash _.drop method, returning the sliced array or a detailed markdown report.
Background
An exported tabular dataset was parsed into a JSON array where the first element contains column titles instead of data values.
Problem
Remove the header row array element before feeding rows into a database loader.
How to use
Paste the row array into Array Input and set Number of Items to Drop to 1.
Array Input: [["ID", "Name", "Score"], [1, "Alice", 95], [2, "Bob", 88]]
Number of Items to Drop: 1Outcome
[[1, "Alice", 95], [2, "Bob", 88]]
Background
A mock client-side interface requires showing items starting from the third page item without querying a backend.
Problem
Drop the first 3 items from a mock product list array.
How to use
Input the array of product strings and set n to 3.
Array Input: ["item1", "item2", "item3", "item4", "item5"]
Number of Items to Drop: 3The tool returns the full original array unchanged.
The tool drops all elements and returns an empty array ([]).
The default value is 1, dropping only the first element.
The input must be a valid JSON-formatted array containing numbers, strings, or objects.
It generates a structured markdown report summarizing input size, dropped count, and the output array.
Outcome
["item4", "item5"]