.startswith()

The .startswith() method checks a value against a given string and returns True if the string starts with that value. Otherwise, it returns False.

Syntax

string.startswith(value, start, end)

Given a string, the .startswith() method can be used in the following way:

• The required value argument is checked for existence at the beginning of the string. It is also case-sensitive.
• Optionally, a start and end index argument can be declared. The value is then checked for existence at the beginning of the substring from the string‘s start and end indices.

Example

example_str = "This is a string"

check_A = example_str.startswith("T")
check_B = example_str.startswith("t")

print("A: ", check_A)
print("B: ", check_B)

The output will look like this:

A: True
B: False

In the example above, check_A is True since the example_str string starts with the character "T".

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