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first property
String firstReturns the first element.
Throws a StateError if this is empty. Otherwise returns the first element in the iteration order, equivalent to this.elementAt(0).
Source
String get first {
  if (this.length > 0) {
    return getItem(0);
  }
  throw new StateError("No elements");
}
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