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Question: How to extract the first character of a name?

Question:How to extract the first character of a name?

Rouben Rostamian 8838 Maple 2024
string character name
December 23 2024
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restart;

Let x be some name:

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x := asdf;

asdf

I wish to make a new name, y, whose value is the first character in x:

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convert(x, string):
y := convert(%[1], name);

a

That works but seems too convoluted.  Is there a better way of doing that?
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