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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



Range chompPrefix(Range, C2)
(


  Range str,


  const(C2)[] delimiter


)


if ((isForwardRange!Range && isSomeChar!(ElementEncodingType!Range) || isNarrowString!Range) && !isConvertibleToString!Range && isSomeChar!C2);

delimiter, then it is returned unchanged.

Parameters

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

Returns

slice of str

Example

writeln(chompPrefix("hello world", "he")); // "llo world"
writeln(chompPrefix("hello world", "hello w")); // "orld"
writeln(chompPrefix("hello world", " world")); // "hello world"
writeln(chompPrefix("", "hello")); // ""

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Jonathan M Davis, and David L. 'SpottedTiger' Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.