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first

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first(limit = 1) public

Returns the first character of the string or the first limit characters.

Examples:

 "hello".first # => "h" "hello".first(2) # => "he" "hello".first(10) # => "hello"

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb, line 41 def first(limit = 1) if limit == 0 '' elsif limit >= size self else mb_chars[0...limit].to_s end end

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