Subset of Array in C#

Question

If I have an array with 12 elements and I want a new array with that drops the first and 12th elements. For example, if my array looks like this:

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Answer 1

You can do this with Array.Copy or LINQ.

var letters = string[] { "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i" };

int length = letters.Length - 2;
var items = new string[length];
Array.Copy(letters, 1, items, 0, length);
// or
var items = letters.Skip(1).Take(length).ToArray();