From: Dave Benjamin <ramen@...>
Date: 2003-11-19T09:37:18+09:00
Subject: Re: String startswith/endswith in Ruby?

In article <6jclrv0c35l2tcq6n968lpao29trqn0sr6@4ax.com>, gabriele renzi wrote:
> il Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:45:43 -0000, Dave Benjamin
><ramen@lackingtalent.com> ha scritto::
> 
>>I'm a Python user trying to learn a bit of Ruby. I was wondering if there's
>>a common way of writing "startswith" and "endswith" expressions for strings
>>in Ruby.
> 
> http://extensions.rubyforge.org/rdoc/classes/String.html
> 
> then click on starts_with and ends_with and you'll see the code.

Perfect, thanks!

> BTW had'nt matz accepted to add these methods to the standard String
> class?

Beats me, but it'd be a nice addition.

Thanks everyone for the quick replies. I hadn't thought of using regexes,
though they do seem like overkill for this sort of problem. Anyway, I asked
what people commonly do, and I got my answer. =)

Peace,
Dave

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