starts-with()

starts-with()

The starts-with checks whether the first string starts with the second string and returns true or false.

Syntax

starts-with( haystack , needle)

Arguments

haystack

The string to look in.

needle

The string to look for.

Returns

true if haystack starts with needle. Otherwise, false.

Defined

XPath 1.0 4.2

Gecko support

Supported.