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starts-with

The starts-with checks whether the first string starts with the second string and returns true or false.

Syntax

starts-with(haystack, needle)

Parameters

haystack

The string to look in.

needle

The string to look for.

Return value

true if haystack starts with needle. Otherwise, false.

Specifications

XPath 1.0 4.2

Gecko support

Supported.

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