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STARTSWITH function

STARTSWITH is a string manipulation function that manipulates all string data types (BIT, BLOB, and CHARACTER), and returns a Boolean value to indicate whether one string begins with another.

Syntax


>>-STARTSWITH--(--SourceExpression--,--SearchExpression--)-----><

STARTSWITH returns TRUE if SourceExpression begins with SearchExpression, otherwise it returns FALSE.

The parameter strings for both SearchExpression and SourceExpression can be of the CHARACTER, BLOB, or BIT data type, but must be of the same data type.

If any parameter is NULL, the result is NULL.

Examples

STARTSWITH('Hello World!', 'Hello');

returns TRUE.

STARTSWITH('Hello World!', 'World');

returns FALSE.

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