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# ...(_:)

Returns a partial range up to, and including, its upper bound.

```
static func ... (maximum: Self) -> PartialRangeThrough<Self>
```

## Parameters

`maximum`

The upper bound for the range.

## Discussion

Use the prefix closed range operator (prefix `...`) to create a partial
range of any type that conforms to the `Comparable` protocol. This
example creates a `PartialRangeThrough<Double>` instance that includes
any value less than or equal to `5.0`.

```
let throughFive = ...5.0

throughFive.contains(4.0)     // true
throughFive.contains(5.0)     // true
throughFive.contains(6.0)     // false
```

You can use this type of partial range of a collection’s indices to
represent the range from the start of the collection up to, and
including, the partial range’s upper bound.

```
let numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70]
print(numbers[...3])
// Prints "[10, 20, 30, 40]"
```

> Precondition: `maximum` must compare equal to itself (i.e. cannot be NaN).

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