fn:starts-with function
The fn:starts-with function determines whether a string begins with a given substring. The substring is matched using the default collation.
Syntax
>>-fn:starts-with(string,substring)----------------------------><
- string
- The string in which to search for substring.
string has the xs:string data type, or is the empty sequence. If string is the empty sequence, string is set to a string of length 0.
- substring
- The substring to search for.
substring has the xs:string data type, or is the empty sequence.
Returned value
The returned value is the
xs:boolean value true if either of the following
conditions are satisfied:
- substring occurs at the beginning of string.
- substring is an empty sequence or a string of length zero.
Example
The following function determines
whether the string 'Test literal' begins with the string 'lite'.
fn:starts-with('Test literal','lite')The returned value is false.