first(limit = 1) — ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::String::Access

first(limit = 1)

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

Examples:

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

Parameters

limit opt = 1

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb, line 43
          def first(limit = 1)
            if limit == 0
              ''
            elsif limit >= size
              self
            else
              mb_chars[0...limit].to_s
            end
          end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb line 43 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::String::Access

Signature

Parameters