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| page_title: slice - Functions - Configuration Language |
| description: The slice function extracts some consecutive elements from within a list. |
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| # `slice` Function |
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| `slice` extracts some consecutive elements from within a list. |
| |
| ```hcl |
| slice(list, startindex, endindex) |
| ``` |
| |
| `startindex` is inclusive, while `endindex` is exclusive. This function returns |
| an error if either index is outside the bounds of valid indices for the given |
| list. |
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| ## Examples |
| |
| ``` |
| > slice(["a", "b", "c", "d"], 1, 3) |
| [ |
| "b", |
| "c", |
| ] |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Related Functions |
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| * [`substr`](/terraform/language/functions/substr) performs a similar function for characters in a |
| string, although it uses a length instead of an end index. |
