From: Mark Wilson Date: 2003-09-13T06:43:53+09:00 Subject: Re: String#start_with? / #end_with? On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 05:20 PM, Philip Mak wrote: > [snip] class String def start_with?(little_string) !self.match(/^#{Regexp.escape(little_string)}/).nil? end end > [snip] > > big_string.start_with?(little_string) > Regards, Mark