firstCodePoint

Return the first n Unicode code points of a string.

Usage

var firstCodePoint = require( '@stdlib/string/base/first-code-point' );

firstCodePoint( str, n )

Returns the first n Unicode code points of a string.

var out = firstCodePoint( 'last man standing', 1 );
// returns 'l'

out = firstCodePoint( 'Hidden Treasures', 1 );
// returns 'H'

out = firstCodePoint( 'foo bar', 5 );
// returns 'foo b'

out = firstCodePoint( 'foo bar', 10 );
// returns 'foo bar'

Examples

var firstCodePoint = require( '@stdlib/string/base/first-code-point' );

var str = firstCodePoint( 'presidential election', 1 );
// returns 'p'

str = firstCodePoint( 'JavaScript', 1 );
// returns 'J'

str = firstCodePoint( 'The Last of the Mohicans', 5 );
// returns 'The L'

str = firstCodePoint( 'अनुच्छेद', 1 );
// returns 'अ'