class String

Extends Ruby’s own String class with method start_with? for Ruby < 1.8.7

@author Sebastian Staudt @since 0.3.0

Public Instance Methods

start_with?(start) click to toggle source

Returns true if this string starts with the given substring

@param [String] start The substring to check @return [Boolean] true if this String starts with the given substring

# File lib/core_ext/string.rb, line 18
def start_with?(start)
  !/^#{start}/.match(self).nil?
end