Description:
This method has two variants and tests if a string starts with the specified prefix beginning a specified index or by default at the beginning.
Syntax:
Here is the syntax of this method:
public boolean startsWith(String prefix, int toffset) or public boolean startsWith(String prefix)
Parameters:
Here is the detail of parameters:
- prefix — the prefix to be matched.
- toffset — where to begin looking in the string.
Return Value :
- It returns true if the character sequence represented by the argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by this string; false otherwise.
Example:
import java.io.*;
public class Test{
public static void main(String args[]){
String Str = new String("Welcome to Dineshonjava.com");
System.out.print("Return Value :" );
System.out.println(Str.startsWith("Welcome") );
System.out.print("Return Value :" );
System.out.println(Str.startsWith("Dinesh") );
System.out.print("Return Value :" );
System.out.println(Str.startsWith("Dineshon", 11) );
}
}
This produces following result:
output:
Return Value :true
Return Value :false
Return Value :true
Return Value :true
Return Value :false
Return Value :true
