What is the _.head() method in Lodash?

Overview

The _.head() method in Lodash is used to get the first element of an array.

Syntax

Parameter

This method accepts the following parameter:

• array: This is the array to be queried.

Return value

This method returns the first element of the array.

Example

Let’s look at an example of the _.head() method in the code snippet below:

Explanation

In the HTML tab:

• Line 5: We import the lodash script.

In the JavaScript tab:

• Line 2: We create an array numbers and populate it with a few values.

• Line 5: We use the _.head() method to get the first element of the array.
• Line 8: We print the output to the console.

Output

In the output, we see 5, which is the first element of the array.