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

Description

Check is a string starts with another string, ignoring the case.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	the string to check (must be longer than start)
start	the prefix of s

Return

true if start is a prefix of s

Declaration

public static boolean startsWith(String s, String start) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   ww  w  .  j  ava  2 s .com*/
 * Copyright 2014-2016 the original author or authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the ?License??);
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Check is a string starts with another string, ignoring the case.
     *
     * @param s     the string to check (must be longer than start)
     * @param start the prefix of s
     * @return true if start is a prefix of s
     */
    public static boolean startsWith(String s, String start) {
        return s == null || start == null ? false : s.startsWith(start);
    }
}

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