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+<?php
+/**
+ * Gravity Perks // Populate Anything // Extract First Character From Live Merge Tag
+ * https://gravitywiz.com/documentation/gravity-forms-populate-anything/
+ *
+ * Extract the first character of a string using when a Live Merge Tag.
+ * This is useful when you need the first letter of a name, for example.
+ */
+// Update "123" to your form ID; and "4" to the field ID you are copying from.
+add_filter( 'gppa_live_merge_tag_value_123_4', function( $value ) {
+	return substr( $value, 0, 1 );
+} );