smalltalk: how to select the first n items from a collection

Question

I have an collection c, I basically want to split the collection into two parts: the first n items into one list and the rest to another. Obviously, I can use do:, but is there a better way to do it?

Answer 1

I don't know about the other dialects but pharo has this useful methods: first: last: allButFirst: allButLast:

So you can do something like:

firstPart := c first: 10.
secondPart := c allButFirst: 10

Answer 2

You can use copyFrom: to:.

For example:

firstTen := myCollection copyFrom: 1 to: 10.