first
Returns the first item of an array.
Input
{{ "Ground control to Major Tom." | split: " " | first }}
Output
Ground
Input
{% assign my_array = "zebra, octopus, giraffe, tiger" | split: ", " %}
{{ my_array.first }}
Output
zebra
You can use first
with dot notation when you need to use the filter inside a tag:
{% if my_array.first == "zebra" %}
Here comes a zebra!
{% endif %}