trimprefix Function

trimprefix removes the specified prefix from the start of the given string. If the string does not start with the prefix, the string is returned unchanged.

Examples

> trimprefix("helloworld", "hello")
world
 
> trimprefix("helloworld", "cat")
helloworld

Related Functions

• trim removes characters at the start and end of a string.
• trimsuffix removes a word from the end of a string.
• trimspace removes all types of whitespace from both the start and the end of a string.