Java String Starts Wtih startsWith(String string, String prefix)

Description

Indicate if the given string starts with the given prefix.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	String to be tested.
prefix	Prefix to compare against string.

Return

True if string starts with prefix, case-insensitive.

Declaration

public static boolean startsWith(String string, String prefix) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from ww w.  j  a v  a 2  s. co  m*/
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Dell, Inc.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Indicate if the given string starts with the given prefix. This is a more compact
     * way of writing string.regionMatches(true, 0, prefix, 0, prefix.length()).
     *
     * @param string    String to be tested.
     * @param prefix    Prefix to compare against string.
     * @return          True if string starts with prefix, case-insensitive.
     */
    public static boolean startsWith(String string, String prefix) {
        return string.regionMatches(true, 0, prefix, 0, prefix.length());
    }
}

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