startsWith

Test if a string starts with the characters of another string.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/string-starts-with

Usage

var startsWith = require( '@stdlib/string-starts-with' );

startsWith( str, search[, position] )

Tests if a string starts with the characters of another string.

var str = 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.';

var bool = startsWith( str, 'To be' );
// returns true

bool = startsWith( str, 'to be' );
// returns false

By default, the function searches from the beginning of the input string. To search from a different character index, provide a position value (zero-based). If provided a negative position, the start index is determined relative to the string end (i.e., pos = str.length + position).

var str = 'Remember the story I used to tell you when you were a boy?';

var bool = startsWith( str, 'the story' );
// returns false

bool = startsWith( str, 'the story', 9 );
// returns true

bool = startsWith( str, 'you', -15 );
// returns true

If provided an empty search string, the function always returns true.

var str = 'beep boop';

var bool = startsWith( str, '' );
// returns true

Notes

• This function differs from String.prototype.startsWith in the following ways:

  • The function requires string values for the first and second arguments and requires that the position argument be an integer value.
  • The function does not clamp negative position values. Instead, when provided a negative position, the function resolves the starting search position relative to the end of the string.
  • Except when provided an empty search string, the function always returns false if a position resolves to a starting search position which exceeds the bounds of the input string.

Examples

var startsWith = require( '@stdlib/string-starts-with' );

var str = 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair, hover through fog and filthy air';

var bool = startsWith( str, 'Fair' );
// returns true

bool = startsWith( str, 'fair' );
// returns false

bool = startsWith( str, 'foul', 8 );
// returns true

bool = startsWith( str, 'filthy', -10 );
// returns true

See Also

• @stdlib/string-starts-with-cli: CLI package for use as a command-line utility.
• @stdlib/string-ends-with: test if a string ends with the characters of another string.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

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