tl

func tl(ls : List+String) -> List+String
  return Undefined when #ls = 0
  return slice(ls, [2..#ls])

Returns a copy of the given list or string, minus the first element. For example:

  tl([1]) = []
  tl(`two') = `wo'
  tl([]) = Undefined

Synonymous to: rest
See also: all_but_last, first, hd, last

This is Slim documentation as snarfed on 27 May 1999 by dB.