From: Nilesh Trivedi <nilesh.tr@...>
Date: 2009-08-19T02:06:10+09:00
Subject: Re: start_with? Does someone need a grammar lesson?

Think of it as a question in second-person. As:

Hey str, do you start_with "hello" ?

cheers
nilesh
http://nileshtrivedi.in


On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:19 AM, 7stud --<bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> wrote:
> String#start_with?-------------------------------
>
>     str.start_with?([prefix]+)   => true or false
>
>     From Ruby 1.9.1
> ------------------------------------------------
>     Returns true if _str_ starts with the prefix given.
>
>
> Whoever wrote the docs doesn't:
>
> Returns true if _str_ **starts with** the prefix given.  I find it so
> jarring to read:
>
> if mystring.start_with?("bad grammar")
>
> I'm hesitant to use start_with?() in my code.  It makes me look
> uneducated. :(
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