$delprefix

Usage: $delprefix(text[,prefixes])
Category: text
Implemented: Picard 1.3

Description:

Deletes the specified prefixes from the beginning of text. Any number of prefixes can be specified, separated by commas. If no prefix is specified “A” and “The” are used by default. Note that the matching is case-sensitive.

Example:

The following statements will return the values indicated:

$delprefix(The Beatles)       ==>  "Beatles"
$delprefix(The Beatles,)      ==>  "The Beatles"
$delprefix(THE Beatles)       ==>  "THE Beatles"
$delprefix(THE Beatles,THE)   ==>  "Beatles"
$delprefix(The Beatles,A,An)  ==>  "The Beatles"