Java String.startsWith() check if string starts s with input string or not , returns boolean value

String.startsWith() Checks the string whether it starts with input string or not.
Syntax

String1.startsWith(String2)

Return value is boolean ( true or false )

Here are some examples with output.

String my_str="plus2net";
		 
System.out.println(my_str.startsWith("plus"));  // true
System.out.println(my_str.startsWith("pl"));  // true
System.out.println(my_str.startsWith("p"));  // true
System.out.println(my_str.startsWith("plus2net"));  // true
System.out.println(my_str.startsWith("PLUS"));  // false
System.out.println(my_str.startsWith("net"));  // false
System.out.println(my_str.startsWith("et"));  // false

This is case sensitive matching of end part of the string.

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string.startsWith()