Michael Glaesemann <grzm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I'm trying to shift the first element off of an array, but I'm just > not getting it. I'm not necessarily interested in saving the rest of > the array. i just want to get the first element, which in this case > is another array. No, it isn't. What you've got is a 2-D array. I don't think there is an operation that will produce a 1-D subset --- the array slice subscript operation produces something that's smaller but still has the same number of dimensions. regards, tom lane
