Determines whether the beginning of this string matches the specified string when compared using the specified comparison option.

Syntax

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boolean string.startswith(string value, string leftPart) boolean string.startswith(string value, string leftPart, boolean ignoreCase)

Parameters

Data Type	Description
Boolean	True if the value parameter matches the beginning of this string; otherwise, false.

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{string.startswith('hello world', 'hello')} => true {string.startswith('hello world', 'world')} => false {string.startswith('hello world', 'Hello')} => false {string.startswith('hello world', 'Hello', false)} => false {string.startswith('hello world', 'Hello', true)} => true

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