--------------------------------------------------------------- Array#[]
array[index] -> obj or nil
array[start, length] -> an_array or nil
array[range] -> an_array or nil
array.slice(index) -> obj or nil
array.slice(start, length) -> an_array or nil
array.slice(range) -> an_array or nil
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Element Reference---Returns the element at index, or returns a
subarray starting at start and continuing for length elements, or
returns a subarray specified by range. Negative indices count
backward from the end of the array (-1 is the last element).
Returns nil if the index (or starting index) are out of range.
a = [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ]
a[2] + a[0] + a[1] #=> "cab"
a[6] #=> nil
a[1, 2] #=> [ "b", "c" ]
a[1..3] #=> [ "b", "c", "d" ]
a[4..7] #=> [ "e" ]
a[6..10] #=> nil
a[-3, 3] #=> [ "c", "d", "e" ]
# special cases
a[5] #=> nil
a[6, 1] #=> nil
a[5, 1] #=> []
a[5..10] #=> []