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Note

This is a point-in-time snapshot of the API documentation from January 2026. Going forward, we will not be maintaining a public copy of these references, and recommend users to refer to the built-in signature helpers available in the Hack LSP instead for complete and up-to-date information.

Returns a new vec containing all except the first $n elements of the given Traversable

namespace HH\Lib\Vec;

function drop<Tv>(
  Traversable<Tv> $traversable,
  int $n,
): vec<Tv>;

To take only the first $n elements, see Vec\take().

Time complexity: O(n), where n is the size of $traversable Space complexity: O(n), where n is the size of $traversable

Parameters​

Returns​

  • vec<Tv>

Examples​

$example_vec = vec[1,2,3,4,5];
$result = Vec\drop($example_vec, 3);
print_r($result);
//result:  [4,5]

$result = Vec\drop($example_vec, 0);
print_r($result);
//result: [1,2,3,4,5]