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instance method
String#delete_prefix!
(::string prefix) -> self?
delete_prefix!(prefix) → self or nil
string.c
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static VALUE
rb_str_delete_prefix_bang(VALUE str, VALUE prefix)
{
rb_len_t prefixlen;
str_modify_keep_cr(str);
prefixlen = deleted_prefix_length(str, prefix);
if (prefixlen <= 0) return Qnil;
return rb_str_drop_bytes(str, prefixlen);
}
Like String#delete_prefix, except that self is modified in place; returns self if the prefix is removed, nil otherwise.
Related: see Modifying.
See also
#delete_prefix
#delete_suffix
#delete!
#delete_suffix!
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