[%CFEngine_function_prototype(data, max)%]

Description: Returns the first max bytes of data.

If max is negative, then everything but the last max bytes is returned.

[%CFEngine_function_attributes(data, max)%]

Example:

[%CFEngine_include_snippet(string_head.cf, #+begin_src cfengine3, .*end_src)%]

Output:

[%CFEngine_include_snippet(string_head.cf, #+begin_src\s+example_output\s, .end_src)%]

History: Introduced in CFEngine 3.6

See also: string_tail(), string_length(), string_reverse().