Syntax | set aBoolean = aString.startsWith(regExpPattern) set aBoolean = aString.startsWith(LITERAL) | |
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Semantics | startsWith() returns true, if the string aString starts with the string returned by the regular expression or represented by the literal. In all other cases, false is returned. | |
Substitutables | aBoolean | Can be any variable or object attribute having the type Boolean. |
aString | Can be any variable or object attribute having the type String. | |
regExpPattern | Regular expressions (see Regular Expressions for a list of valid regular expressions). An introduction into regular expressions can be found at http://www.regular-expressions.info/. | |
LITERAL | String literal. | |
Examples | set aBoolean = aString.startsWith("Act"); set aBoolean2 = aString2.startsWith(aString3.substring(0, 3)); set aBoolean3 = aString3.startsWith("[A-Za-z]"); |
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