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lrange(n)                    Tcl Built-In Commands                   lrange(n)

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NAME
       lrange - Return one or more adjacent elements from a list

SYNOPSIS
       lrange list first last
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DESCRIPTION
       List must be a valid Tcl list.  This command will return a new list
       consisting of elements first through last, inclusive.  The index values
       first and last are interpreted the same as index values for the command
       string index, supporting simple index arithmetic and indices relative
       to the end of the list.  If first is less than zero, it is treated as
       if it were zero.  If last is greater than or equal to the number of
       elements in the list, then it is treated as if it were end.  If first
       is greater than last then an empty string is returned.  Note: "lrange
       list first first" does not always produce the same result as "lindex
       list first" (although it often does for simple fields that are not
       enclosed in braces); it does, however, produce exactly the same results
       as "list [lindex list first]"

EXAMPLES
       Selecting the first two elements:

              % lrange {a b c d e} 0 1
              a b

       Selecting the last three elements:

              % lrange {a b c d e} end-2 end
              c d e

       Selecting everything except the first and last element:

              % lrange {a b c d e} 1 end-1
              b c d

       Selecting a single element with lrange is not the same as doing so with
       lindex:

              % set var {some {elements to} select}
              some {elements to} select
              % lindex $var 1
              elements to
              % lrange $var 1 1
              {elements to}

SEE ALSO
       list(n), lappend(n), lindex(n), linsert(n), llength(n), lsearch(n),
       lset(n), lreplace(n), lsort(n), string(n)

KEYWORDS
       element, list, range, sublist

Tcl                                   7.4                            lrange(n)