How do I get first x elements of an NSArray in Cocoa?

Question

New to Cocoa, and seem to be missing something.

What is the most elegant/idiomatic way to obtain the first x elements of an NSArray as another N

Answer 1

firstNItems = [items subarrayWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, MIN(n, items.count))];

Answer 2

In Swift 3 you can use this:

let smallArray = largeArray.prefix(10)

Answer 3

2nd parameter is number of array items to include in the range, not the 'to' index

Answer 4

You can use subarrayWithRange:.

NSArray *smallArray = [largeArray subarrayWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, 10)];