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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/src/string.erl')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/src/string.erl | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/string.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/string.erl index ab041ff53c..6f5e617230 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/src/string.erl +++ b/lib/stdlib/src/string.erl @@ -411,10 +411,12 @@ to_number(_, Number, Rest, _, Tail) -> %% Return the remaining string with prefix removed or else nomatch -spec prefix(String::unicode:chardata(), Prefix::unicode:chardata()) -> 'nomatch' | unicode:chardata(). -prefix(Str, []) -> Str; prefix(Str, Prefix0) -> - Prefix = unicode:characters_to_list(Prefix0), - case prefix_1(Str, Prefix) of + Result = case unicode:characters_to_list(Prefix0) of + [] -> Str; + Prefix -> prefix_1(Str, Prefix) + end, + case Result of [] when is_binary(Str) -> <<>>; Res -> Res end. |