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# mutatingSlice(at:)

Returns a sub-view with the same rank as this view by slicing the dimensions at the provided ranges.

```
@export(implementation) mutating func mutatingSlice<let indexRank : Int>(at ranges: [indexRank of any NDArray.RangeExpression]) -> NDArray.MutableRawView
```

## Parameters

`ranges`

The range expressions describing where to slice along each dimension.
`indexRank` must be ≤ `rank`. Unspecified trailing dimensions are assumed to be `.all`.

## Discussion

For example if you have a 3D NDArray and want to increment a specific region, you can slice that region,
reintroduce the scalar type, and then access a span over it (or use `withUnsafeMutablePointer` if not contiguous).

```swift
/// Updates the desired channel and range of rows
func incrementRegion(
  of mutableRawView: inout NDArray.MutableRawView,
  channel: Int,
  startRow: Int,
  endRow: Int
) {
  var region = mutableRawView.mutatingSlice(at: [channel, startRow..<endRow, .all]).view(as: Float.self)
  var mutableSpan = region.contiguousElements! // contiguous region expected in this case

  for i in mutableSpan.indices {
    mutableSpan[i] += 1
  }
}
```

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