From: Philip Mak <pmak@...>
Date: 2003-09-13T06:07:24+09:00
Subject: String#start_with? / #end_with?

Is there a built-in method in Ruby for checking whether a string starts
with or ends with a pattern? e.g.:

    "Hello, world".start_with?("Hello") => true
    "Hello, world".start_with?("world") => false

http://www.rubygarden.org/article.php?sid=312 suggests that such a
method was suggested for inclusion into Ruby, but I don't see it in
version 1.8.0.