@monstermann/fn/dist/string/take.js

A utility library for TypeScript.

import { dfdlT } from "@monstermann/dfdl";

//#region src/string/take.ts
/**
* `take(target, amount)`
*
* Takes the first `amount` characters from `target` string.
*
* ```ts
* take("hello world", 5); // "hello"
* ```
*
* ```ts
* pipe("hello world", take(5)); // "hello"
* ```
*/
const take = dfdlT((target, amount) => {
	if (amount === 0) return "";
	if (amount >= target.length) return target;
	return target.slice(0, amount);
}, 2);

//#endregion
export { take };