call a function with a subset (slice) of the arguments passed to it.

callSliced.js

function callSliced(fn, a, b) {
    var args = [a];      // 1st argument to slice
    if (b) args.push(b); // 2nd argument to slice, if any

    return function apply() {
        return fn.apply(fn, Array.prototype.slice.apply(arguments, args));
    };
}

console

// the function created by `callSliced(console.log, 0, 1)` 
// only uses the first argument passed to it

> [1,2,3].forEach(callSliced(console.log, 0, 1));
1
2
3

> [1,2,3].forEach(console.log)
1 0 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
2 1 [ 1, 2, 3 ]
3 2 [ 1, 2, 3 ]