Java String Starts Wtih startsWith(String s, String start)

Description

Returns true if, ignoring case, the string starts with the specified start string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	the original string
start	the string against which the beginning of string <code>s</code> are to be compared

Return

true if, ignoring case, the string starts with the specified start string; false otherwise

Declaration

public static boolean startsWith(String s, String start) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**//ww  w.j a  v  a  2 s.co  m
     * Returns <code>true</code> if, ignoring case, the string starts with the specified character.
     * 
     * @param s the string
     * @param begin the character against which the initial character of the string is to be compared
     * @return <code>true</code> if, ignoring case, the string starts with the specified character; <code>false</code> otherwise
     */
    public static boolean startsWith(String s, char begin) {
        return startsWith(s, (new Character(begin)).toString());
    }

    /**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if, ignoring case, the string starts with the specified start string.
     * 
     * @param s the original string
     * @param start the string against which the beginning of string <code>s</code> are to be compared
     * @return <code>true</code> if, ignoring case, the string starts with the specified start string; <code>false</code> otherwise
     */
    public static boolean startsWith(String s, String start) {
        if ((s == null) || (start == null)) {
            return false;
        }

        if (start.length() > s.length()) {
            return false;
        }

        String temp = s.substring(0, start.length());

        if (temp.equalsIgnoreCase(start)) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

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8. startsWith(String source, String target, boolean caseSensitive)
9. startsWith(String str, char c)