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Ruby program to get the first given number of items from the array

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will create an array of integers with few elements. Then we will get the first given number of items from the array using the first() method.

Program/Source Code

The source code to get the first given number of items from the array is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

# Ruby program to get the first given number 
# of items from the array

arr = [100,101,102,103,104];
item = arr.first(2);

print "Array: ",arr,"\n";
print "First 2 items: ",item,"\n";

Output

Array: [100, 101, 102, 103, 104]
First 2 items: [100, 101]

Explanation

In the above program, we created an array of integers with few elements. Then we got the first 2 items from the array using the first() method and assigned the items into the item variable. After that, we printed the result.

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