trimprefix Function

trimprefix removes the specified prefix from the start of the given string, but only once. If the string does not begin with the prefix, the original string is returned unchanged.

Examples

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

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.