year = [2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009] year.slice(1) # => 2001 year.slice(0,4) # => [2000, 2001, 2002, 2003] year.slice(0..2) # => [2000, 2001, 2002] year.slice(0...2) # => [2000, 2001]