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instance method
String#start_with?
str.start_with?([prefixes]+) → true or false
string.c
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static VALUE
rb_str_start_with(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE str)
{
int i;
for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
VALUE tmp = argv[i];
if (RB_TYPE_P(tmp, T_REGEXP)) {
if (rb_reg_start_with_p(tmp, str))
return Qtrue;
}
else {
StringValue(tmp);
rb_enc_check(str, tmp);
if (RSTRING_LEN(str) < RSTRING_LEN(tmp)) continue;
if (memcmp(RSTRING_PTR(str), RSTRING_PTR(tmp), RSTRING_LEN(tmp)) == 0)
return Qtrue;
}
}
return Qfalse;
}
Returns true if str starts with one of the prefixes given. Each of the prefixes should be a String or a Regexp.
Example
"hello".start_with?("hell") #=> true "hello".start_with?(/H/i) #=> true # returns true if one of the prefixes matches. "hello".start_with?("heaven", "hell") #=> true "hello".start_with?("heaven", "paradise") #=> false