StringStartsQ

StringStartsQ["string",patt]

yields True if the beginning of "string" matches the string expression patt, and yields False otherwise.

StringStartsQ["string",{patt1,patt2,}]

yields True if the beginning of "string" matches any of the patti.

StringStartsQ[{"string1","string2",},patt]

gives a list of the results for each of the "stringi".

StringStartsQ[patt]

represents an operator form of StringStartsQ that can be applied to an expression.

Details and Options

  • The string expression patt can contain any of the objects specified in the notes for StringExpression.
  • Setting the option IgnoreCase->True makes StringStartsQ treat lowercase and uppercase letters as equivalent.
  • StringStartsQ[patt][expr] is equivalent to StringStartsQ[expr,patt].
  • StringStartsQ[BioSequence["type","seq"],patt] checks the start of the string "seq" against patt. In this case, degenerate letters in patt are interpreted as wildcard patterns based on the type of biomolecular sequence. Use Verbatim["patt"] to match degenerate letters literally.
  • The documentation for BioSequence lists the degenerate letters supported by each type of biomolecular sequence.
  • StringStartsQ has no special behavior for circular biomolecular sequences, but instead interprets the start of the string as the designated start of the sequence.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

Check that a string starts with a given prefix:

Give a list of strings as input:

Specify a prefix using a string pattern:

Use the operator form of StringStartsQ:

Use the operator form to select strings:

Scope  (9)

Use string patterns:

Use a regular expression:

Mix regular expressions and string patterns:

Use pattern matching for dates:

Test for occurrences of either pattern:

StringStartsQ automatically threads over lists of strings:

Check whether a biomolecular sequence starts with a particular substring:

Use a wildcard in the pattern compared against a biomolecular sequence:

The "N" is a degenerate letter only in biomolecular sequences:

Check for literal degenerate letters using Verbatim:

Options  (2)

IgnoreCase  (2)

Use IgnoreCaseTrue to check for a leading string regardless of case:

The operator representation of a case-independent check:

Properties & Relations  (8)

StringStartsQ threads over lists of strings in the first argument:

StringStartsQ["string",{patt1,patt2,}] is equivalent to StringStartsQ["string",Alternatives[patt1,patt2,]]:

StringEndsQ checks whether a suffix matches a pattern:

StringStartsQ checks whether a prefix matches a pattern:

Use StringMatchQ to check whether a whole string matches a pattern:

StringStartsQ checks whether a prefix matches a pattern:

StringStartsQ returns True whenever StringMatchQ is True:

StringStartsQ["string",patt] is equivalent to StringMatchQ["string",StartOfString~~patt~~___]:

StringStartsQ["string",patt] is equivalent to StringContainsQ["string",StartOfString~~patt]:

Get the starting and ending positions where a prefix occurs by using StringPosition:

Use StringCases to extract prefixes matching a given pattern:

Wolfram Research (2015), StringStartsQ, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringStartsQ.html (updated 2020).

Text

Wolfram Research (2015), StringStartsQ, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringStartsQ.html (updated 2020).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "StringStartsQ." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringStartsQ.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). StringStartsQ. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringStartsQ.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_stringstartsq, author="Wolfram Research", title="{StringStartsQ}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringStartsQ.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-March-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_stringstartsq, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={StringStartsQ}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringStartsQ.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-March-2024 ]}