Hi, Am Freitag, 30. Okt 2009, 20:53:02 +0900 schrieb Albert Schlef: > Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > For my private use I wrote a suite of methods > [snip] > > String#starts_with > > String#ends_with > > What's wrong with the built-in #start_with and #end_with, except the > incorrect grammar? That's Ruby 1.8.7/1.9; I wrote it years ago. It is satisfying me and it is giving me hope that parts of my proposal are already realized. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de