How do I get the first X elements of an unknown size NSArray?

Question

In objectiveC I have an NSArray, let\'s call it NSArray* largeArray, and I want to get a new NSArray* smallArray with just the first x objects

Answer 1

Here's the obvious long-hand way of doing it:

NSMutableArray* smallMutableArray;
if ([largeArray count] <= x) {
    smallMutableArray = [largeArray copy];
} else {
    for (int i=0; i