How to get the first character from a string in Swift

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about how to get the first character from a string in Swift.

Getting the first character

To get the first character from a string, we can use the string.first property in swift.

Example:

let name = "Polo"

if let firstCharacter = name.first {
    print(firstCharacter)
}

Output:

"P"

Resource links

Swift- first property docs