C# String StartsWith(String)

Description

String StartsWith(String) determines whether the beginning of this string instance matches the specified string.

Syntax

String.StartsWith(String) has the following syntax.

public bool StartsWith(
  string value
)

Parameters

String.StartsWith(String) has the following parameters.

• value - The string to compare.

Returns

String.StartsWith(String) method returns true if value matches the beginning of this string; otherwise, false.

Example

The following example demonstrates how you can use the StartsWith method.

using System;/* ww w . ja  v  a  2s  . c o  m*/

public class EndsWithTest {
    public static void Main() {
      Console.WriteLine("java2s.com".StartsWith("java"));
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.