The snippet library.
Small, practical examples. Search by task or narrow things down below.
Read the beginning of a text value
JavaScript: Extract or display the first three ASCII characters from a known nonempty string.
JavaScript✓ Tested
Read the beginning of a text value
TypeScript: Extract or display the first three ASCII characters from a known nonempty string.
TypeScript✓ Tested
Read the beginning of a text value
C++: Extract or display the first three ASCII characters from a known nonempty string.
C++✓ Tested
Read the beginning of a text value
C: Extract or display the first three ASCII characters from a known nonempty string.
C✓ Tested
Read the beginning of piped text
Linux Commands: Read the beginning of piped text using GNU/Linux commands in an empty practice directory.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Read the byte size of a regular file
C++: file_size reads filesystem metadata without loading file contents.
C++✓ Tested
Read the current branch name
Git: show-current returns an empty string when HEAD is detached.
Git✓ Tested
Read the directory portion of a path
Linux Commands: Read the directory portion of a path using GNU/Linux commands in an empty practice directory.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Read the end of piped text
Linux Commands: Read the end of piped text using GNU/Linux commands in an empty practice directory.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Read the exact version currently staged
Git: The colon path syntax reads a blob from the index rather than from HEAD or the working file.
Git✓ Tested
Read the filename portion of a path
Linux Commands: Read the filename portion of a path using GNU/Linux commands in an empty practice directory.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Read the final array item with a negative index
JavaScript: at supports negative positions counted from the end.
JavaScript✓ Tested