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+var stringToArray = require('./stringToArray'),
+ toString = require('../toString');
+
+/** Used to compose unicode character classes. */
+var rsAstralRange = '\\ud800-\\udfff',
+ rsComboMarksRange = '\\u0300-\\u036f\\ufe20-\\ufe23',
+ rsComboSymbolsRange = '\\u20d0-\\u20f0',
+ rsVarRange = '\\ufe0e\\ufe0f';
+
+/** Used to compose unicode capture groups. */
+var rsZWJ = '\\u200d';
+
+/** Used to detect strings with [zero-width joiners or code points from the astral planes](http://eev.ee/blog/2015/09/12/dark-corners-of-unicode/). */
+var reHasComplexSymbol = RegExp('[' + rsZWJ + rsAstralRange + rsComboMarksRange + rsComboSymbolsRange + rsVarRange + ']');
+
+/**
+ * Creates a function like `_.lowerFirst`.
+ *
+ * @private
+ * @param {string} methodName The name of the `String` case method to use.
+ * @returns {Function} Returns the new function.
+ */
+function createCaseFirst(methodName) {
+ return function(string) {
+ string = toString(string);
+
+ var strSymbols = reHasComplexSymbol.test(string) ? stringToArray(string) : undefined,
+ chr = strSymbols ? strSymbols[0] : string.charAt(0),
+ trailing = strSymbols ? strSymbols.slice(1).join('') : string.slice(1);
+
+ return chr[methodName]() + trailing;
+ };
+}
+
+module.exports = createCaseFirst;