docs/content/en/functions/collections/First.md
{{ slice "a" "b" "c" | first 1 }} → [a]
{{ slice "a" "b" "c" | first 2 }} → [a b]
Given that a string is in effect a read-only slice of bytes, this function can be used to return the specified number of bytes from the beginning of the string:
{{ "abc" | first 1 }} → a
{{ "abc" | first 2 }} → ab
Note that a character may consist of multiple bytes:
{{ "Schön" | first 3 }} → Sch
{{ "Schön" | first 4 }} → Sch\xc3
{{ "Schön" | first 5 }} → Schö
To use the collections.First function with a page collection:
{{ range first 5 .Pages }}
{{ .Render "summary" }}
{{ end }}
Set N to zero to return an empty slice:
{{ $emptyPageCollection := first 0 .Pages }}
Use first and where together:
{{ range where .Pages "Section" "articles" | first 5 }}
{{ .Render "summary" }}
{{ end }}