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FIRST method returns the lowest subscript value used in a collection

    

SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
  2    TYPE number_table IS TABLE OF INTEGER INDEX BY VARCHAR2(9 CHAR);
  3    number_list NUMBER_TABLE;
  4  BEGIN
  5    
  6    number_list('One') := 1;
  7    number_list('Two') := 2;
  8    number_list('Nine') := 9;
  9    
 10    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('FIRST Index '||number_list.FIRST);
 11  END;
 12  /
FIRST Index Nine

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