(** *** Concatenating lists of strings *)

(** [concat sep sl] concatenates the list of strings [sl], inserting
    the separator string [sep] between each. *)

Fixpoint concat (sep : string) (ls : list string) :=
  match ls with
  | nil => EmptyString
  | cons x nil => x
  | cons x xs => x ++ sep ++ concat sep xs
  end.(** *** Test functions *)

(** Test if [s1] is a prefix of [s2] *)

Fixpoint prefix (s1 s2 : string) {struct s2} : bool :=
  match s1 with
  | EmptyString => true
  | String a s1' =>
      match s2 with
      | EmptyString => false
      | String b s2' =>
          match ascii_dec a b with
          | left _ => prefix s1' s2'
          | right _ => false
          end
      end
  end.

Theorem prefix_correct : forall s1 s2 : string, prefix s1 s2 = true <-> substring 0 (length s1) s2 = s1.