Linq has a convenient operator method called Take() to return a given number of elements in anything that implements IEnumerable. Is there anything
If you want to selectively pull elements out of an array, you can use the jQuery.grep method.
(from the jQuery docs)
var arr = [ 1, 9, 3, 8, 6, 1, 5, 9, 4, 7, 3, 8, 6, 9, 1 ];
$("div").text(arr.join(", "));
arr = jQuery.grep(arr, function(n, i){
return (n != 5 && i > 4);
});
$("p").text(arr.join(", "));
arr = jQuery.grep(arr, function (a) { return a != 9; });
$("span").text(arr.join(", "));