Answers.Body: <p>You could do: </p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set blocks = post.buildStory.type('textEditorBlock').limit(1) %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Also, not your question, but this hacksaw port is great for those teasers.  Has some extra logic to make those a bit cleaner.  Check it out.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://github.com/ehousestudio/craft_hacksaw" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/ehousestudio/craft_hacksaw</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>You could try something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set block = post.buildStory.type('textEditorBlock').first() %}
      {{block.textEditor}}
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: That's it! Solution:
  
  `{% set blocks = entry.buildStory.type('textEditorBlock').one() %}
  {% set paragraphs = blocks.textEditor %}
  {% set teaser = paragraphs | length > 75 ? paragraphs | slice(0, 250) ~ '...' :  paragraphs %}
  <p>{{  teaser  | striptags | raw | typogrify  }}</p>`
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Answers.Text: Glad you got it working :)
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Body: <p>This is a news feed with a title, image and short blurb beneath. The entry content is built with the Matrix. An entry can be made up of a single 'textEditorBlock' or multiple 'textEditorBlock'. </p>
  
  <p><strong>I just want to return the first 'textEditorBlock' from Matrix.</strong> Currently, all existing 'textEditorBlock' blocks get returned.   </p>
  
  <pre><code>{# Count the number of Matrix Blocks; type: textEditorBlock  #}
  {% set blocks = post.buildStory.type('textEditorBlock') %}
  {{ blocks | length }}
  
  {% for block in post.buildStory.all() %}
     {# the text #}
     {% set paragraphs = block.textEditor %}
     {% set teaser = paragraphs | length &gt; 75 ? paragraphs | slice(0, 250) ~ '...' :  paragraphs %}
     &lt;p&gt;{{  teaser  | striptags | raw | typogrify  }}&lt;/p&gt;       
  {% endfor %} 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Note: the {{ blocks | length }} tells me the number of 'textEditorBlock' that exist for each entry (1, 4, 4, 2 and 2).</p>
  
Tags: <matrix><filter><blocks>
Title: How to pull the first block of its kind from a Matrix?
ThreadText: # How to pull the first block of its kind from a Matrix?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-08)
  
  This is a news feed with a title, image and short blurb beneath. The entry content is built with the Matrix. An entry can be made up of a single 'textEditorBlock' or multiple 'textEditorBlock'.
  
  **I just want to return the first 'textEditorBlock' from Matrix.** Currently, all existing 'textEditorBlock' blocks get returned.
  
  ```
  {# Count the number of Matrix Blocks; type: textEditorBlock  #}
  {% set blocks = post.buildStory.type('textEditorBlock') %}
  {{ blocks | length }}
  
  {% for block in post.buildStory.all() %}
     {# the text #}
     {% set paragraphs = block.textEditor %}
     {% set teaser = paragraphs | length > 75 ? paragraphs | slice(0, 250) ~ '...' :  paragraphs %}
     <p>{{  teaser  | striptags | raw | typogrify  }}</p>       
  {% endfor %} 
  
  ```
  
  Note: the {{ blocks | length }} tells me the number of 'textEditorBlock' that exist for each entry (1, 4, 4, 2 and 2).
  
  **Tags:** matrix, filter, blocks
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-08. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  You could try something like this:
  
  ```
  {% set block = post.buildStory.type('textEditorBlock').first() %}
      {{block.textEditor}}
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: That's it! Solution:  `{% set blocks = entry.buildStory.type('textEditorBlock').one() %} {% set paragraphs = blocks.textEditor %} {% set teaser = paragraphs | length > 75 ? paragraphs | slice(0, 250) ~ '...' :  paragraphs %} <p>{{  teaser  | striptags | raw | typogrify  }}</p>`  
  > **username_2**: Glad you got it working :)  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-08. Score: 1
  
  You could do:
  
  ```
  {% set blocks = post.buildStory.type('textEditorBlock').limit(1) %}
  
  ```
  
  Also, not your question, but this hacksaw port is great for those teasers. Has some extra logic to make those a bit cleaner. Check it out.
  
  <https://github.com/ehousestudio/craft_hacksaw>
  
  
  ---
  
  