Java String Starts Wtih startsWithIgnoreCase(String seq, String prefix)

Description

Tests if the string sequence starts with the specified prefix, case insensitive.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
seq	a parameter
prefix	a parameter

Return

true if the character sequence represented by 'prefix' is a prefix of the character sequence represented by 'seq'; false otherwise.

Declaration

public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(String seq, String prefix)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
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 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    /**
     * Tests if the string sequence starts with the specified prefix, case insensitive.
     * @param seq 
     * @param prefix
     * @return true if the character sequence represented by 'prefix' is a prefix of the character sequence represented by 'seq'; false otherwise. 
     */
    public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(String seq, String prefix) {

        return seq.toLowerCase().startsWith(prefix.toLowerCase());
    }
}