startswith() Function in python checks whether the string starts with a specific string. There is an optional argument that specifies the beginning and end of the string.
startswith() function returns True if the string starts with the specified string . If not it returns False
Syntax of startswith() Function in Python:
str.startswith(str, beg,end);
str – The string to be checked
beg – optional parameter to set start index of the matching boundary.
end – optional parameter to end the index of the matching boundary.
Example of startswith() Function in Python:
startswith() function returns True when it starts with specified character. If not it returns True.
str1 = "Protect our earth. We have got only one!"
str2= "2020 world will turn peaceful"
print str1.startswith("Protect")
print str2.startswith("2020")
print str2.startswith("world")
output:
True
True
False
True
False
Example of startswith() Function in Python with beginning and end argument:
str1 = "Protect our earth. We have got only one!"
print str1.startswith("our",8,len(str1))
print str1.startswith("our",8,15)
output:
True
True
True
