2 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/u/list.go b/pkg/u/list.go
index 34eafd1..cf71909 100644
--- a/pkg/u/list.go
+++ b/pkg/u/list.go
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ func First[T any](v []T) (T, bool) {
 	return v[0], true
 }
 
+func FirstOrZero[T any](v []T) T {
+	if len(v) == 0 {
+		var zero T
+		return zero
+	}
+	return v[0]
+}
+
 func ChunkBy[T any](items []T, chunkSize int) [][]T {
 	var chunks = make([][]T, 0, (len(items)/chunkSize)+1)
 	for chunkSize < len(items) {
diff --git a/pkg/u/list_test.go b/pkg/u/list_test.go
index a6d84c7..805a209 100644
--- a/pkg/u/list_test.go
+++ b/pkg/u/list_test.go
@@ -94,3 +94,38 @@ func TestSubList(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFirstOrZero(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name  string
+		slice []int
+		first int
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "multiple items slice",
+			slice: []int{1, 2, 3},
+			first: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "single item slice",
+			slice: []int{1},
+			first: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "empty slice",
+			slice: []int{},
+			first: 0,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			first := FirstOrZero(tc.slice)
+
+			if first != tc.first {
+				t.Errorf("Error first, want %d got %d", tc.first, first)
+			}
+
+		})
+	}
+}