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Returns a view into the input string `str` with the given `prefix` removed, but leaving the original string intact. If the prefix does not match at the start of the string, returns the original string instead.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<absl/strings/strip.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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[[nodiscard]]
constexpr
std::string_view
StripPrefix(
    std::string_view str,
    std::string_view prefix);
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== Return Value

A view of `str` with `prefix` removed, or `str` unchanged if absent.

[NOTE]
====
The return value https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/nodiscard[should not be discarded^].
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== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *str*
| The input string.
| *prefix*
| The prefix to remove.
|===


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