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Selection.slice(start [, end])

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Selection.slice(start [, end])

Reduce the set of matched elements to a subset specified by a range of indices. Mimics jquery.slice

Parameter	Type	Description
start	Number	An integer indicating the 0-based position at which the elements begin to be selected.
end	Number	An integer indicating the 0-based position at which the elements stop being selected.
selector	Selection	A selection.

Returns

Type	Description
Selection	The new selection.

Example

import { parseHTML } from 'k6/html';
import { sleep } from 'k6';

export default function () {
  const content = `
<dl>
  <dt id="term-1">term 1</dt>
  <dd>definition 1-a</dd>
  <dd>definition 1-b</dd>
  <dd>definition 1-c</dd>
  <dd>definition 1-d</dd>

  <dt id="term-2">term 2</dt>
  <dd>definition 2-a</dd>
  <dd>definition 2-b</dd>
  <dd>definition 2-c</dd>

  <dt id="term-3">term 3</dt>
  <dd>definition 3-a</dd>
  <dd>definition 3-b</dd>
</dl>
  `;
  const doc = parseHTML(content);

  const els = doc.find('dl').children();

  console.log(els.slice(4).text());

  console.log(els.slice(2, 4).text());

  sleep(1);
}