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src/Chapter17/Listing17.08a.SlicingWithSpan.cs

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+namespace AddisonWesley.Michaelis.EssentialCSharp.Chapter17.Listing017_08a;
+
+public class Program
+{
+    public static void Main()
+    {
+        #region INCLUDE
+        string[] languages = new [] {
+            "C#", "COBOL", "Java",
+            "C++", "TypeScript", "Swift",
+            "Python", "Lisp", "JavaScript"};
+
+        Span<string> languageSpan = languages.AsSpan(1);
+
+        System.Diagnostics.Trace.Assert(
+            ReferenceEquals( languages[1], languageSpan[0]));
+
+        Span<int> numbers = languages.Select(item => item.Length).ToArray().AsSpan();
+
+        /*
+        Console.WriteLine($@"^3..^0: {
+            string.Join(", ", span[^3..^0]) // Python, Lisp, JavaScript
+        }");
+        Console.WriteLine($@" 3..^3: {
+            string.Join(", ", span[3..^3]) // C++, TypeScript, Swift
+        }");
+        Console.WriteLine($@"  ..^6: {
+            string.Join(", ", span[..^6])  // C#, COBOL, Java
+        }");
+        Console.WriteLine($@"   6..: {
+            string.Join(", ", span[6..])  // Python, Lisp, JavaScript
+        }");
+        Console.WriteLine($@"    ..: {
+            // C#, COBOL, Java, C++, TypeScript, Swift, Python, Lisp, JavaScript
+            string.Join(", ", span[..])  // Python, Lisp, JavaScript
+        }");
+        Console.WriteLine($@"    ..: {
+            // C#, COBOL, Java, C++, TypeScript, Swift, Python, Lisp, JavaScript
+            string.Join(", ", span[0..^0])  // Python, Lisp, JavaScript
+        }");
+
+        */
+        #endregion INCLUDE
+    }
+}