Ruby | String delete_prefix Method

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.

Syntax: str.delete_prefix

Parameters: Here, str is the given string.

Returns: A copy of the given string with leading prefix deleted.

Example 1:

# 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 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:

Sample
put