text: import clipNumber from 'helper/number/clip_number';
  import coerceToString from 'helper/string/coerce_to_string';
  import isNil from 'helper/object/is_nil';
  import { MAX_SAFE_INTEGER } from 'helper/number/const';
  import toInteger from 'helper/number/to_integer';
  
  /**
   * Extracts the first `length` characters from `subject`.
   *
   * @function first
   * @static
   * @since 1.0.0
   * @memberOf Chop
   * @param  {string} [subject=''] The string to extract from.
   * @param  {int}    [length=1]   The number of characters to extract.
   * @return {string}              Returns the first characters string.
   * @example
   * v.first('helicopter');
   * // => 'h'
   *
   * v.first('vehicle', 2);
   * // => 've'
   *
   * v.first('car', 5);
   * // => 'car'
   */
  export default function first(subject, length) {
    const subjectString = coerceToString(subject);
    const lengthInt = isNil(length) ? 1 : clipNumber(toInteger(length), 0, MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);
    if (subjectString.length <= lengthInt) {
      return subjectString;
    }
    return subjectString.substr(0, lengthInt);
  }
  