Delete multiple elements from a list

Question

Given this list:

list = [1,2,3,4,5]

how can I return a new list that has these elements?

[3,4,5]

I know I use List.delete/2 but as for as I can tell that will only delete 1 element at a time. I want to remove the first two elements in one fell swoop.

Answer 1

I think you are looking for this

# Example with static values
iex> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] -- [1, 2]
[3, 4, 5]

# Example with Enum.drop/2, with multiple values
iex> Enum.drop([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 2)
[3, 4, 5]
iex> Enum.drop([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], -2)
[1, 2, 3]
iex> Enum.drop([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 20)
[]
iex> Enum.drop([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], -20)
[]

You can use List.delete/2 only can delete one at time and Enum.drop/2 can delete multiple depend how you use it.