====== StartsWith(text, start_string) ======
Category:  Text function

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=====Description=====
This function is a search function used to check if a string (//text//) starts with a specific text value (//start_string//).  If so, this function returns TRUE.  Otherwise, it returns FALSE.

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=====Arguments=====
^Argument^Type^Description^
|text|Text|Any text, or value that can implicitly converted to text.|
|start_string|Text|The text string to search for at the beginning of //text//.|

**Return value type:** Boolean (TRUE/FALSE)

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=====Remarks=====
This function is case sensitive.

This function ignores leading whitespace and other non-printing characters when matching //start_string// to the beginning of //text//.

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=====Examples=====

  startswith( 'Crimea', 'Crime' ) //Returns TRUE

  startswith( 'IBM', 'i' ) //Returns FALSE (unmatched due to case)

  startswith('    Ruthless', ' Ruth') //Returns TRUE (leading whitespace ignored)


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===== See also =====
  * [[syntax:functions:contains]|Contains(text, look_for)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:find]|Find(text, look_for)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:endswith]|EndsWith(text, end_string)]]