startswith Function

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startswith takes two values: a string to check and a prefix string. The function returns true if the string begins with that exact prefix.

startswith(string, prefix)

Examples

> startswith("hello world", "hello")
true
 
> startswith("hello world", "world")
false

Related Functions

• endswith takes two values: a string to check and a suffix string. The function returns true if the first string ends with that exact suffix.