ref: fc06d5c18bb1e47f90f0297aa8121ee0775e047d
dir: /docs/content/functions/first.md/
---
title: first
linktitle: first
description: "Slices an array to only the first _N_ elements."
godocref:
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
menu:
docs:
parent: "functions"
keywords: [iteration]
signature: ["first LIMIT COLLECTION"]
workson: [lists,taxonomies,terms,groups]
hugoversion:
relatedfuncs: [after,last]
deprecated: false
aliases: []
---
```
{{ range first 10 .Data.Pages }}
{{ .Render "summary" }}
{{ end }}
```