From edb1bf023beecabfaf92c599f9d2237a289a6119 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp Haller <hallerp@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:15:56 +0000
Subject: Applied patch for #2150.

---
 src/library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala b/src/library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala
index 6fc8f1e9a6..6d36237359 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/runtime/RichString.scala
@@ -134,6 +134,16 @@ class RichString(val self: String) extends Proxy with Vector[Char] with VectorTe
       new String(chars)
     }
 
+  /** Returns this string with the given <code>prefix</code> stripped. */
+  def stripPrefix(prefix: String) =
+    if (self.startsWith(prefix)) self.substring(prefix.length)
+    else self
+
+  /** Returns this string with the given <code>suffix</code> stripped. */
+  def stripSuffix(suffix: String) =
+    if (self.endsWith(suffix)) self.substring(0, self.length() - suffix.length)
+    else self
+
   /** <p>
    *    For every line in this string:
    *  </p>
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