Idiom #46 Extract beginning of string (prefix)

Create string t consisting of the 5 first characters of string s.

auto t = s.substr(0, 5);

T : String := S (1 .. 5);

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

char *t=(char *)calloc(6,sizeof(char));
strncpy(t,s,5);

(take 5 s)

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. prefix 5.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
    MOVE s(1:5) TO t 	
STOP RUN.

string t = s.Substring(0, 5);

string t = s[0..5];

var t = s.substring(0, 5);

t = String.slice(s, 0, 5)

[A, B, C, D, E | _] = S,
T = [A, B, C, D, E].

T = string:slice(S, 1, 5).

 character(len=5) :: t
 t = s(1:5)

t := string([]rune(s)[:5])

import qualified Data.Text as T

t :: T.Text
t = T.take 5 s

t :: String
t = take 5 s

var t = s.substring(0,5);

String t = s.substring(0,5);

val t = s.take(5)

(setf *t* (subseq s 0 5))

t = s:sub(5)

$t = mb_substr($s, 0, 5, 'UTF-8');

_t := Copy(_s, 1, 5);

$t = substr($s, 0, 5);

t = s[:5]

t = s[0, 5]
# OR
t = s.slice(0, 5)
t = s.slice(0...5)

let t = s.char_indices().nth(5).map_or(s, |(i, _)| &s[..i]);

val s = "somestring"
val t = s.take(5)

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