first

Common
JVM
JS
Native
1.0
fun CharSequence.first(): Char
(source)

Returns the first character.

Exceptions

NoSuchElementException - if the char sequence is empty.

Common
JVM
JS
Native
1.0
inline fun CharSequence.first(
    predicate: (Char) -> Boolean
): Char

(source)

Returns the first character matching the given predicate.

Exceptions

NoSuchElementException - if no such character is found.