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Python String startswith() Method
Description:
This method checks whether string starts with str, optionally restricting the matching with the given indices start and end.
Syntax:
str.startswith(str, beg=0,end=len(string));
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Parameters:
Here is the detail of parameters:
str: string to be checked
beg: optional parameter to set start index of the matching boundary.
end: optional parameter to set end index of the matching boundary.
Return Value:
It returns true if found matching string otherwise false.
Example:
#!/usr/bin/python
str = "this is string example....wow!!!";
print str.startswith( 'this' );
print str.startswith( 'is', 2, 4 );
print str.startswith( 'this', 2, 4 );
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This will produce following result:
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