!CHAPTER LIMIT

The *LIMIT* statement allows slicing the result array using an
offset and a count. It reduces the number of elements in the result to at most
the specified number.  Two general forms of *LIMIT* are followed:

```
LIMIT count
LIMIT offset, count
```

The first form allows specifying only the *count* value whereas the second form
allows specifying both *offset* and *count*. The first form is identical using
the second form with an *offset* value of *0*.

The *offset* value specifies how many elements from the result shall be
discarded.  It must be 0 or greater. The *count* value specifies how many
elements should be at most included in the result.

```
FOR u IN users
  SORT u.firstName, u.lastName, u.id DESC
  LIMIT 0, 5
  RETURN u
```