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# Java - String startsWith() Method

## 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 Tutorialspoint.com");

          System.out.print("Return Value :" );
          System.out.println(Str.startsWith("Welcome") );

          System.out.print("Return Value :" );
          System.out.println(Str.startsWith("Tutorials") );

          System.out.print("Return Value :" );
          System.out.println(Str.startsWith("Tutorials", 11) );
       }
    }

This produces following result:

    Return Value :true
    Return Value :false
    Return Value :true

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