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ee.Number.first
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Selects the value of the first value.
| Usage | Returns | Number.first(right) | Number |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: left | Number | The left-hand value. |
right | Number | The right-hand value. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print(ee.Number(1).first(ee.Number(2))); // 1
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
print(ee.Number(1).first(ee.Number(2)).getInfo()) # 1
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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