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Christian Melgarejo Bresanovich ec28d5fa6f Update snippets head and last to type check
Update `head` and `last` to check on empty, undefined, null arrays.
2019-12-11 03:17:18 -03:00

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head array,beginner

Returns the head of a list.

Check if arr is truthy and has a length property, use arr[0] if possible to return the first element, otherwise return undefined

const head = arr => (arr && arr.length ? arr[0] : undefined);
head([1, 2, 3]); // 1
head([]); // undefined
head(null); // undefined
head(undefined); // undefined