created: 20140410103123179
modified: 20150124204544000
tags: [[Filter Operators]] [[Common Operators]] [[Order Operators]] [[Negatable Operators]]
title: limit Operator
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
caption: limit
purpose: select the first or last <<.place n>> input titles

<$macrocall $name=".operator-def"
input="a [[selection of titles|Title Selection]]"
parameter="an integer, defaulting to 0"
paramName="n"
output="the first <<.place n>> input titles"
negationOutput="the last <<.place n>> input titles"
/>

`limit[n]` and `!limit[n]` are synonyms for `first[n]` and `last[n]` respectively.

<<.operator-examples "limit">>