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starts_with

Determines if a string starts with characters given by another string.

This function does not generate an event.

Function

str.starts_with(search_string)

Arguments

Argument Type Description
search_string str (required) The characters to be searched for at the start of this string.

Return value

Returns true if the given characters are found at the start of the string and otherwise false.

Example

This code shows an example using starts_with():

'the answer to life the universe and everything'.starts_with('the answer');

Return value in JSON format

true