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Here are some other ways to access array objects in Ruby.

To access the elements from the end of the list, we can use negative indices.

For the array,  arr = [9, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 0, -1] > arr[-1] => -1

• The first element of the array can be accessed using > arr.first => 9
• The last element of the array can be accessed using > arr.last => -1
• The first n elements of the array can be accessed using arr.take(3) => [9, 5, 1]
• Everything but the first n elements of the array can be accessed using arr.drop(3) => [2, 3, 4, 0, -1]

In this challenge, you have to use the syntax as explained above and complete the functions accordingly.

Solution in ruby

Approach 1.

def neg_pos(arr, index)
    # return the element of the array at the position `index` from the end of the list
    # Clue : arr[-index]
    arr[-index]
end

def first_element(arr)
    # return the first element of the array
    arr.first
end

def last_element(arr)
    # return the last element of the array
    arr.last
end

def first_n(arr, n)
    # return the first n elements of the array
    arr.take(n)
end

def drop_n(arr, n)
    # drop the first n elements of the array and return the rest
    arr.drop(n)
end

Approach 2.

def neg_pos(arr, index)
    # return the element of the array at the position `index` from the end of the list
    # Clue : arr[-index]
  arr[-index]
end

def first_element(arr)
    # return the first element of the array
    # arr.first
  arr.first
end

def last_element(arr)
    # return the last element of the array
    # arr.last
  arr.last
end

def first_n(arr, n)
    # return the first n elements of the array
  arr.take(n)
end

def drop_n(arr, n)
    # drop the first n elements of the array and return the rest
  arr.drop(n)
end

Approach 3.

def neg_pos(arr, index)
    # return the element of the array at the position `index` from the end of the list
    # Clue : arr[-index]
    arr[-index]
end

def first_element(arr)
    # return the first element of the array
    # arr.first
    arr.first
end

def last_element(arr)
    # return the last element of the array
    # arr.last
    arr.last
end

def first_n(arr, n)
    # return the first n elements of the array
    arr.take(n)
end

def drop_n(arr, n)
    # drop the first n elements of the array and return the rest
    arr.drop(n)
end