How do I check if component name starts with a certain word?

[Pixero]

I noticed a bug in one of my scripts because there can be multiple components created with names like MyComp, MyComp#1, MyComp#2 and so on.

Is there a way of checking what a name starts with?

Instead of:

if e.definition.name == "MyComp"

I need something like:

if e.definition.name STARTS WITH? "MyComp" (Pseudo code)

Is that possible?

[Pixero]

This seem to work:

if e.definition.name.match(/^MyComp/)

[TIG]

Another way of phrasing it is:

if e.definition.name =~ /^MyComp/

To pass a 'variable' instead of a string of characters, use

patt = "MyComp" ### or whatever you want
if e.definition.name =~ /^#{patt}/

[Dan Rathbun]

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Ruby 2.x+ (SketchUp 2014+)

[String#start_with?](https://ruby-doc.org/core-2.0.0/String.html#method-i-start_with-3F)

ie ...

if e.definition.name.start_with?("MyComp")

... or ...

if e.definition.name.start_with?("Door","Window")