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jessica-ritter edbf59ed4c what happens when prefix is not in string
https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/master/lang/functions.go#L126 shows that Terraform's Trimprefix comes directly from the standard go library. 
When prefix is absent in the go standard library, the original string is returned; https://golang.org/pkg/strings/#TrimPrefix.
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functions trimprefix - Functions - Configuration Language docs-funcs-string-trimprefix The trimprefix function removes the specified prefix from the start of a given string.

trimprefix Function

-> Note: This page is about Terraform 0.12 and later. For Terraform 0.11 and earlier, see 0.11 Configuration Language: Interpolation Syntax.

trimprefix removes the specified prefix from the start of the given string. If the string does not start with the prefix, the string is returned unchanged.

Examples

> trimprefix("helloworld", "hello")
world
> trimprefix("helloworld", "cat")
helloworld
  • trim removes characters at the start and end of a string.
  • trimsuffix removes a word from the end of a string.
  • trimspace removes all types of whitespace from both the start and the end of a string.