strBeginsWith()

Purpose

Used to determine whether a string begins with a specific character or series of characters.

Description

Receives two strings of any length, then returns either true or false to indicate whether the supplied string begins with the other.

Syntax

result = strBeginsWith( stringVar, to_find )

Arguments

result True (1) or false (0) result to indicate whether the string begins with the search target

stringVar The string being checked

to_find The string being searched for

Example

stringVar = "FUZE"
to_find = "F"

loop
    clear()
    if strBeginsWith( stringVar, to_find )
        print( "String '", stringVar, "' begins with '", to_find, "'" )
    else
        print( "String '", stringVar, "' does not begin with '", to_find, "'" )
    endif
    update()
repeat

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