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Fuzion • Idioms • Idiom # 167: Trim prefix

Idiom # 167: Trim prefix

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Code

t := if s.starts_with p then s.substring p.byte_length else s

What are effects?

Running Example

ex167 is

  doit(s, p String) =>
    t := if s.starts_with p then s.substring p.byte_length else s
    say t

  doit "Mah Nà Mah Nà Do doo be-do-do" "Mah Nà "
  doit "Mah Nà Mah Nà Do doo be-do-do" "Mah Nà Mah Nà "
  doit "Mah Nà Mah Nà Do doo be-do-do" "Do doo be-do-do"

What are effects?

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