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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:

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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
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