From 0b652621e5ec7c1644b0c96d541bb8ea9f6f9fd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Athan Reines <kgryte@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 16:39:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: simplify implementation

---
 .../@stdlib/string/base/first/lib/main.js     | 20 +------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/first/lib/main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/first/lib/main.js
index 0804ccad800..4419b209250 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/first/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/first/lib/main.js
@@ -44,25 +44,7 @@
 * // returns 'H'
 */
 function first( str, n ) {
-	var out;
-	var cnt;
-	var i;
-	if ( str === '' || n === 0 ) {
-		return '';
-	}
-	if ( n === 1 ) {
-		return str[ 0 ];
-	}
-	out = '';
-	cnt = 0;
-	for ( i = 0; i < str.length; i++ ) {
-		out += str[ i ];
-		cnt += 1;
-		if ( cnt === n ) {
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	return out;
+	return str.substring( 0, n );
 }