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<refentry id="fn_starts_with">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>starts_with</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>string</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>starts_with</refname>
<refpurpose>Checks whether string X begins with Y</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis id="fsyn_starts_with">
<funcprototype id="fproto_starts_with">
<funcdef><function>starts_with</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>in <parameter>str</parameter> string</paramdef>
<paramdef>in <parameter>sub</parameter> string</paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="desc_starts_with">
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>starts_with</function> checks whether string X begins with Y, ignoring occurencies of Y in other places. Returns 1 or 0.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="params_starts_with">
<title>Parameters</title>
<refsect2><title>str</title>
<para>String to search from.</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2><title>sub</title>
<para>Substring to search for.</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="ret_starts_with">
<title>Return Types</title>
<para>1 if found, 0 if not found.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="examples_starts_with">
<title>Examples</title>
<example id="ex_starts_with"><title>Simple example</title>
<programlisting><![CDATA[
SQL> select starts_with('AbracadabrA','Abr');
starts_with
INTEGER
_______________________________________________________________________________
1
1 Rows. -- 0 msec.
]]></programlisting>
</example>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="seealso_starts_with">
<title>See Also</title>
<para><link linkend="fn_strcasestr"><function>strcasestr</function></link>.</para>
<para><link linkend="fn_strcontains"><function>strcontains</function></link>.</para>
<para><link linkend="fn_ends_with"><function>end_with</function></link>.</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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