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Ruby | String delete_prefix! Method

Last Updated : 13 Dec, 2019
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delete_prefix! is a String class method in Ruby which is used to return a a copy of the given string with leading prefix deleted or nil if no change was made.
Syntax: str.delete_prefix Parameters: Here, str is the given string. Returns: A copy of the given string with leading prefix deleted or nil if no change was made.
Example 1: Ruby
# Ruby program to demonstrate 
# the delete_prefix! method 
     
# Taking a string and 
# using the method
puts "Ruby".delete_prefix!("Ru")
puts "Class".delete_prefix!("Cl")
Output:
by
ass
Example 2: Ruby
# Ruby program to demonstrate 
# the delete_prefix! method 
     
# Taking a string and 
# using the method
puts "Sample".delete_prefix!("am")
puts "Input".delete_prefix!("In")
Output:

put

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