Add Array.take method

src/Array.mo

@@ -842,5 +842,26 @@ module {
       i += 1;
       return ?result
     }
+  };
+
+  /// Returns a new subarray of given length from the beginning or end of the given array
+  ///
+  /// Returns the entire array if the length is greater than the size of the array
+  ///
+  /// ```motoko include=import
+  /// let array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+  /// assert Array.take(array, 2) == [1, 2];
+  /// assert Array.take(array, -2) == [4, 5];
+  /// assert Array.take(array, 10) == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+  /// assert Array.take(array, -99) == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+  /// ```
+  /// Runtime: O(length);
+  /// Space: O(length);
+  public func take<T>(array : [T], length : Int) : [T] {
+    let len = Prim.abs(length);
+    let size = array.size();
+    let resSize = if (len < size) { len } else { size };
+    let start = if (length > 0) 0 else size - resSize;
+    subArray(array, start, resSize)
   }
 }

test/Array.test.mo

@@ -469,6 +469,46 @@ let suite = Suite.suite(
       "prevIndexOf not found",
       Array.prevIndexOf<Char>('g', ['c', 'o', 'f', 'f', 'e', 'e'], 6, Char.equal),
       M.equals(T.optional(T.natTestable, null : ?Nat))
+    ),
+    Suite.test(
+      "take empty",
+      Array.take([], 3),
+      M.equals(T.array<Int>(T.intTestable, []))
+    ),
+    Suite.test(
+      "take empty negative",
+      Array.take([], -5),
+      M.equals(T.array<Int>(T.intTestable, []))
+    ),
+    Suite.test(
+      "take 0 elements",
+      Array.take([1, 2, 3], 0),
+      M.equals(T.array<Int>(T.intTestable, []))
+    ),
+    Suite.test(
+      "take -0 elements",
+      Array.take([1, 2, 3], -0),
+      M.equals(T.array<Int>(T.intTestable, []))
+    ),
+    Suite.test(
+      "take first 3 elements",
+      Array.take([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 3),
+      M.equals(T.array<Int>(T.intTestable, [1, 2, 3]))
+    ),
+    Suite.test(
+      "take last 3 elements",
+      Array.take([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], -3),
+      M.equals(T.array<Int>(T.intTestable, [3, 4, 5]))
+    ),
+    Suite.test(
+      "take first 5 elements of array of size 3",
+      Array.take([1, 2, 3], 5),
+      M.equals(T.array<Int>(T.intTestable, [1, 2, 3]))
+    ),
+    Suite.test(
+      "take last 5 elements of array of size 3",
+      Array.take([1, 2, 3], -5),
+      M.equals(T.array<Int>(T.intTestable, [1, 2, 3]))
     )
   ]
 );