%dw 2.0
import first from dw::core::Strings
output application/json
---
"hello world!" first 5
first
first(text: String, amount: Number): String
Returns characters from the beginning of a string to the specified number of characters in the string, for example, the first two characters of a string.
If the number is equal to or greater than the number of characters in the string, the function returns the entire string.
Introduced in DataWeave version 2.4.0.