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Make startswith, endswith work with Regex #29790

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Feb 1, 2019
20 changes: 14 additions & 6 deletions base/regex.jl
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"""
startswith(s::AbstractString, prefix::Regex)

Return `true` if `s` starts with the regex pattern, `prefix`. Note:
the regex version of `occursin` is recommended over `startswith` in
performance critical situations.
Return `true` if `s` starts with the regex pattern, `prefix`.

!!! note
`startswith` does not compile the anchoring into the regular
expression, but instead passes the anchoring as
`match_option` to PCRE. If compile time is amortized,
`occursin(r"^...", s)` is faster than `startswith(s, r"...")`.

See also [`occursin`](@ref) and [`endswith`](@ref).

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"""
endswith(s::AbstractString, suffix::Regex)

Return `true` if `s` ends with the regex pattern, `suffix`. Note: the
regex version of `occursin` is recommended over `endswith` in
performance critical situations.
Return `true` if `s` ends with the regex pattern, `suffix`.

!!! note
`endswith` does not compile the anchoring into the regular
expression, but instead passes the anchoring as
`match_option` to PCRE. If compile time is amortized,
`occursin(r"...$", s)` is faster than `endswith(s, r"...")`.

See also [`occursin`](@ref) and [`startswith`](@ref).

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