Check if string starts with letter X in Ruby

Question

How to check that a string starts with a specified letter in Ruby?

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Martin May 17 '12 at 12:40

2 answers

you can use regex

str.match /^X/

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donnior May 17 '12 at 12:57

Flexoid · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-17T12:43:08+0000

You can use the String#start_with?method

'String'.start_with? 'S'
 => true

You can also indicate possible start options.

'String'.start_with? 'E', 'S'
 => true