From: Michael Brailsford <brailsmt@...>
Date: 2002-04-01T14:05:23+09:00
Subject: Re: String#begins?(s)

> class String
>     def begins?(s)
>         self[0...(s.size)] == s
>     end
> end
> 
> Worthwhile?

Maybe I am missing the point, but why do you need something like this?
If you want to know the first char in a string just use something like
aString[0] == aChar.  If you want to know if a sequence starts a 
string use regex's.

-Michael

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