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diff --git a/doc/string/start_with_p.rdoc b/doc/string/start_with_p.rdoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f78edc7fa3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/string/start_with_p.rdoc @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Returns whether +self+ starts with any of the given +patterns+. + +For each argument, the pattern used is: + +- 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: + + 'hello'.start_with?('hell') # => true + 'hello'.start_with?(/H/i) # => true + 'hello'.start_with?('heaven', 'hell') # => true + 'hello'.start_with?('heaven', 'paradise') # => false + 'こんにちは'.start_with?('こ') # => true + +Related: see {Querying}[rdoc-ref:String@Querying]. |