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string.startswith Function

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string.startswith Function

The string.startswith function determines whether a given string starts with a second string.

Syntax

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string.startswith(str, cmp);

Nomenclature

strA string expression
cmp A string expression to compare with the start of str

Returns

True if str starts with cmp, otherwise returns false. The test is case-sensitive.

Examples

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$myString = "Telogis";
PRINT string.startswith($myString, "Tel");
PRINT string.startswith($myString, "tel");
PRINT string.startswith($myString, "ted");

The above code snippet produces the following output:

True

False

False

The string.startswith function is commonly used when importing data to ensure names are correctly formatted:

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IMPORT STREETS [
  ID = %id,
  ...
  NAME = string.startswith(%fullname, "I ") ? "I-" + substring(%fullname, 2) :
    string.startswith(%fullname, "Hwy ") ? "SR-" + substring(%fullname, 4) : 
      %fullname,
  ...
]