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diff --git a/doc/string/start_with_p.rdoc b/doc/string/start_with_p.rdoc index 5d1f9f9543..f78edc7fa3 100644 --- a/doc/string/start_with_p.rdoc +++ b/doc/string/start_with_p.rdoc @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@ -Returns whether +self+ starts with any of the given +string_or_regexp+. +Returns whether +self+ starts with any of the given +patterns+. -Matches patterns against the beginning of +self+. -For each given +string_or_regexp+, the pattern is: +For each argument, the pattern used is: -- +string_or_regexp+ itself, if it is a Regexp. -- <tt>Regexp.quote(string_or_regexp)</tt>, if +string_or_regexp+ is a string. +- The pattern itself, if it is a Regexp. +- <tt>Regexp.quote(pattern)</tt>, if it is a string. Returns +true+ if any pattern matches the beginning, +false+ otherwise: @@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ Returns +true+ if any pattern matches the beginning, +false+ otherwise: 'hello'.start_with?(/H/i) # => true 'hello'.start_with?('heaven', 'hell') # => true 'hello'.start_with?('heaven', 'paradise') # => false - 'тест'.start_with?('т') # => true 'こんにちは'.start_with?('こ') # => true -Related: String#end_with?. +Related: see {Querying}[rdoc-ref:String@Querying]. |