From 5f124be2f09357a3b3d67f96ecee1db5f0234c17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Cahill <1bardesign@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 20:54:43 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] [added] tablex.trim to trim a table to a certain length

---
 tablex.lua | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tablex.lua b/tablex.lua
index b80797e..5f38da2 100644
--- a/tablex.lua
+++ b/tablex.lua
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ function tablex.reverse(t)
 	return t
 end
 
+--trim a table to a certain maximum length
+function tablex.trim(t, l)
+	while #t > l do
+		table.remove(t)
+	end
+	return t
+end
+
 --collect all keys of a table into a sequential table
 --(useful if you need to iterate non-changing keys often and want an nyi tradeoff;
 --	this call will be slow but then following iterations can use ipairs)