From: mengx@...
Date: 2002-04-02T01:01:24+09:00
Subject: Re: String#begins?(s)

I implemented and have been using

head
head!
tail
tail!

as special cases of slice, slice! 

e.g.
s = "abcde"
if s.head("abc")
	puts "abc"
end

I found them very handy and intuitive.

Thanks

-Ted 



> 
> In message "Re: String#begins?(s)"
>     on 02/04/01, Helmut Leitner <helmut.leitner@chello.at> writes:
> 
> |Would you like
> |  "head?"
> |  "tail?"
> |?
> 
> I like them, but I'm not sure whether they're clear or not.
> 
> 							matz.>