ListFirst()

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Gets the first element of a list.

ListFirst( list=string, delimiters=string, includeEmptyFields=boolean, count=number );

Returns: String

Argument Description Default
list
string, required 		edit

a string list
delimiters
string, optional 		edit

Characters that separate list elements. The default value is comma.

Alias: delimiter

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includeEmptyFields
boolean, optional 		edit

if set to true, empty values are included as well

false
count
number, optional 		edit

specifies how many items to return from the beginning of the list. default is 1.

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Examples

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writeOutput(listFirst("lucee,dev,LAS"));//Expected output lucee

//Member Function with @ delimiter
strList="dev@LAS@lucee";
writeDump(strList.listFirst("@"));//Expected output dev

See also