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+/**
+ * Retrieve a fixed number of elements from an array, evenly distributed but
+ * always including the first and last elements.
+ *
+ * @param   {Array} items - The array to operate on.
+ * @param   {number} take - The number of elements to extract.
+ * @returns {Array}
+ */
+export function distributedCopy(items, take) {
+  if (items.length < take) {
+    return items
+  }
+
+  const elements = [items[0]]
+  const totalItems = items.length - 2
+  const interval = Math.floor(totalItems / (take - 2))
+
+  for (let i = 1; i < take - 1; i++) {
+    elements.push(items[i * interval])
+  }
+
+  elements.push(items[items.length - 1])
+
+  return elements
+}