Michael Glaesemann <grzm@seespotcode.net> 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