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Function std.string.chompPrefix

If str starts with delimiter, then the part of str following delimiter is returned. If str does not start with

delimiter, then it is returned unchanged.

Prototype

Range chompPrefix(Range, C2)(
  Range str,
  const(C2)[] delimiter
)
if ((isForwardRange!Range && isSomeChar!(ElementEncodingType!Range) || isSomeString!Range) && isSomeChar!C2);

Parameters

NameDescription
str string or forward range of characters
delimiter string of characters to be sliced off front of str[]

Returns

slice of str

Example

assert(chompPrefix("hello world", "he") == "llo world");
assert(chompPrefix("hello world", "hello w") == "orld");
assert(chompPrefix("hello world", " world") == "hello world");
assert(chompPrefix("", "hello") == "");

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, and Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.

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