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Text.first

first

Group: Selections

Documentation​

Returns the first character from the text.

Examples​

Get the first character in the text "건반(Korean)".​

      "건반(Korean)".first == "건"

Remarks​

What is a Character?​

A character is defined as an Extended Grapheme Cluster, see Unicode Standard Annex 29. This is the smallest unit that still has semantic meaning in most text-processing applications.