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Document differences between `get` and `select`
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# Understanding the difference between `get` and `select`

TODO
`get` extracts the value and returns a single value or array if multiple keys have been specified.
```nu
~> {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3} | get b
2
~> {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3} | get b c
╭───┬───╮
│ 0 │ 2 │
│ 1 │ 3 │
╰───┴───╯
```

`select` returns a record without the other values.
```nu
~> {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3} | select b
╭───┬───╮
│ b │ 2 │
╰───┴───╯
~> {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3} | select b c
╭───┬───╮
│ b │ 2 │
│ c │ 3 │
╰───┴───╯
```