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@wtasnorg/node-lib / trimPrefixString

Function: trimPrefixString()

trimPrefixString(s, prefix): string

Defined in: src/strings.ts:1112

TrimPrefix returns s without the provided leading prefix string. If s doesn’t start with prefix, s is returned unchanged.

Parameters

s

string

Input string.

prefix

string

Prefix to remove.

Returns

string

String without the prefix.

Example

trimPrefix("Goodbye, world!", "Goodbye, "); // "world!"
trimPrefix("Hello, world!", "Goodbye, ");   // "Hello, world!" — prefix not found
trimPrefix("ab", "abc");                    // "ab" — prefix longer than s
trimPrefix("", "abc");                      // "" — empty string

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