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Testing whether string starts with or end with another string

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How should I check whether a string starts or ends with a given string? There doesn't seem to be any built-in methods available (or maybe it's just the IDE I'm using that isn't having it show up: RDE)

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MxLDevs Avatar asked Jul 30 '12 05:07

MxLDevs


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There are built in methods:

"String".start_with? "S" # true "String".end_with? "4" # false 
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Will Richardson Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 21:10

Will Richardson