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[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003e\u003ccode\u003efirst()\u003c/code\u003e operates on a FeatureCollection and returns the first element within that collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThis method is useful for quickly accessing and examining a representative entry from a FeatureCollection.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eExamples demonstrate usage in both JavaScript and Python environments, including Colab with \u003ccode\u003egeemap\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["The core function retrieves the first element from a `FeatureCollection`. It requires a `FeatureCollection` as input. The function `first()` returns the initial `Element` within the collection. In JavaScript, `fc.first()` accesses the first entry, while in Python, using `pprint(fc.first().getInfo())` provides detailed output. The provided examples utilize a global power plant dataset ('WRI/GPPD/power_plants') to demonstrate how to retrieve the initial feature.\n"],null,[]]