hd-utils/lib/utils/string/getFirstNLetters.js

A handy utils for modern JS developers

/**
 *@description Will return the first n number of letters.
 * @example getFirstNLetters('javascript', 3) => jav
 * @param {string} str
 * @param {number} [n=1]
 * @returns {string}
 */
const getFirstNLetters = (str, n = 1) => {
    let val = '';
    for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
        const letter = str[i];
        if (val.length >= n)
            break;
        val += letter[0] || '';
    }
    return val;
};
export default getFirstNLetters;