[#absl-AnySpan-first]
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Returns a span containing the first `len` elements.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<absl/types/any_span.h>`

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constexpr
xref:absl/AnySpan.adoc[AnySpan]
first(xref:absl/AnySpan/size_type.adoc[size_type] len) const;
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== Description

`len` must be `<= size()`.

== Return Value

A span over the first `len` elements.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *len*
| Number of elements from the front to include.
|===


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