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Keep a contiguous run of items by position; the rest go to Unselected.

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Inputs

• Geometry (any): the list to slice.
• Start (number, editable: default 0) - the first index to keep (0-based; negative counts from the end).
• Count (number, editable: default 0) - how many items to keep from Start. 0 or less keeps to the end of the list.

Outputs

• Selected (any): the contiguous run from Start up to Start + Count.
• Unselected (any): every item outside that run, live so you can style or reuse it.

What Select Range is for

Select Range takes a slice of a list by position - items Start through Start + Count. Start can count from the end (-1 is the last item), and a Count of 0 (or less) means "to the end", so Start 3, Count 0 keeps everything from item 3 onward. Both outputs stay live, so the items you drop aren't lost - style them differently or route them elsewhere.

It's the contiguous-run member of the keep family: Select Every Nth thins by a step, Select by Pattern selects by a mask, and Select Range takes a solid block.

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Related

• Select Every Nth: keep every Nth item instead of a block
• Select by Pattern: keep items by a text mask or index list
• Item at Index: pull a single item out instead of a run
• Lists & collections: how a list travels one wire