use strip_bom::StripBom; fn main() { let my_string: Vec = vec![0xefu8, 0xbb, 0xbf, 0xf0, 0x9f, 0x8d, 0xa3]; let my_string: String = String::from_utf8(my_string).unwrap(); let my_string: &str = &my_string[..]; // In this time, my_string has the BOM => true 🍣 println!("{} {}", my_string.starts_with("\u{feff}"), &my_string); // Strip BOM let my_string: &str = my_string.strip_bom(); // my_string (slice) has not the BOM => false 🍣 println!("{} {}", my_string.starts_with("\u{feff}"), &my_string); }