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    # EE First
    
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    Get the first event in a set of event emitters and event pairs,
    then clean up after itself.
    
    ## Install
    
    ```sh
    $ npm install ee-first
    ```
    
    ## API
    
    ```js
    var first = require('ee-first')
    ```
    
    ### first(arr, listener)
    
    Invoke `listener` on the first event from the list specified in `arr`. `arr` is
    an array of arrays, with each array in the format `[ee, ...event]`. `listener`
    will be called only once, the first time any of the given events are emitted. If
    `error` is one of the listened events, then if that fires first, the `listener`
    will be given the `err` argument.
    
    The `listener` is invoked as `listener(err, ee, event, args)`, where `err` is the
    first argument emitted from an `error` event, if applicable; `ee` is the event
    emitter that fired; `event` is the string event name that fired; and `args` is an
    array of the arguments that were emitted on the event.
    
    ```js
    var ee1 = new EventEmitter()
    var ee2 = new EventEmitter()
    
    first([
      [ee1, 'close', 'end', 'error'],
      [ee2, 'error']
    ], function (err, ee, event, args) {
      // listener invoked
    })
    ```
    
    #### .cancel()
    
    The group of listeners can be cancelled before being invoked and have all the event
    listeners removed from the underlying event emitters.
    
    ```js
    var thunk = first([
      [ee1, 'close', 'end', 'error'],
      [ee2, 'error']
    ], function (err, ee, event, args) {
      // listener invoked
    })
    
    // cancel and clean up
    thunk.cancel()
    ```
    
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    [license-url]: LICENSE.md
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