Java String Starts Wtih startsWithIgnoreCase(final String haystack, final String needle)

Description

Does a string start with a second string ignoring case?

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
haystack	A string to be searched.
needle	A potential prefix.

Return

True if the needle is a prefix of the haystack ignoring case.

Declaration

public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(final String haystack, final String needle) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Does a string start with a second string ignoring case?
     *
     * @param haystack
     *       A string to be searched.
     * @param needle
     *       A potential prefix.
     * @return True if the needle is a prefix of the haystack ignoring case.
     */
    public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(final String haystack, final String needle) {
        return needle.equalsIgnoreCase(haystack.substring(0, needle.length()));
    }
}

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