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authorMarc Chevrier <marc.chevrier@sap.com>2018-03-16 13:12:25 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-03-21 16:54:53 (GMT)
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list: Add SUBLIST sub-command
Issue: #17823
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@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ Returns a string joining all list's elements using the glue string.
To join multiple strings, which are not part of a list, use ``JOIN`` operator
from :command:`string` command.
+SUBLIST
+"""""""
+
+::
+
+ list(SUBLIST <list> <begin> <length> <output variable>)
+
+Returns a sublist of the given list.
+If ``<length>`` is 0, an empty list will be returned.
+If ``<length>`` is -1 or the list is smaller than ``<begin>+<length>`` then
+the remaining elements of the list starting at ``<begin>`` will be returned.
+
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