startsWith() method determines whether this string begins with the characters of a specified string.

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startsWith(searchString, start) ↴

searchString The characters to be searched for at the start of this string. Cannot be a regex.

All values that are not regexes are coerced to strings.

start (optional). The start position at which searchString is expected to be found (the index of searchString's first character).

startsWith() method returns true if a string starts with a specified string.

startsWith() method returns false if a string does NOT start with a specified string.

startsWith() method is case sensitive.

If searchString is a regex TypeError is thrown.

You can use a start position where the searchString is expected to start from. Default start position is 0.

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