StringBeginsWithString

Type

operator

Summary

Determines whether Source begins with Prefix

Syntax

<Source> begins with <Prefix>

Description

Source begins with Prefix if and only if the chars of Prefix occur as an initial subsequence of the chars of Source.

note

Since "" is an initial substring of every string, every string begins with the empty string.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Prefix		An expression which evaluates to a string.
Source		An expression which evaluates to a string.

Examples

variable tVar as String
variable tResult as String
put "abcde" into tVar
if tVar begins with "abc" then
	put "success" into tResult
end if	

Value

Name	Type	Description
return		Returns true if Source begins with Prefix.