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First

the first N elements of a list
Syntax 

First(L:LIST):OBJECT
First(L:LIST, N:INT):OBJECT

Description
In the first form, the function is the same as the function Head ; it returns the first element of the list L. In the second form, it returns the list of the first N elements of L.

Example 
  L := [1,2,3,4,5];
  First(L);
1
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  First(L,3);
[1, 2, 3]
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