Return the first
nUTF-16 code units of a string.
var first = require( '@stdlib/string/base/first' );Returns the first n UTF-16 code units of a string.
var out = first( 'last man standing', 1 );
// returns 'l'
out = first( 'Hidden Treasures', 1 );
// returns 'H'
out = first( 'foo bar', 5 );
// returns 'foo b'
out = first( 'foo bar', 10 );
// returns 'foo bar'var first = require( '@stdlib/string/base/first' );
var str = first( 'presidential election', 1 );
// returns 'p'
str = first( 'JavaScript', 1 );
// returns 'J'
str = first( 'The Last of the Mohicans', 5 );
// returns 'The L'@stdlib/string/base/first-code-point: return the first Unicode code point of a string.@stdlib/string/base/first-grapheme-cluster: return the first grapheme cluster (i.e., user-perceived character) of a string.@stdlib/string/base/last: return the last UTF-16 code unit of a string.@stdlib/string/base/remove-first: remove the first UTF-16 code unit of a string.@stdlib/string/first: return the first character(s) of a string.