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starts-with

Returns TRUE if the first string starts with the second string. Otherwise, returns FALSE.

starts-with ( string, substring )

The following table describes the arguments for this function:

Argument	Description
string	String datatype. Passes the string to search. The string is case sensitive.
substring	String datatype. Passes the substring to search for in the string. The substring is case sensitive.

Boolean.

The following expression determines if NAME starts with FIRSTNAME:

starts-with ( NAME, FIRSTNAME )

The following table contains example arguments and return values:

NAME	FIRSTNAME	RETURN VALUE
Kathy Russell	Kathy	TRUE
Joe Abril	Mark	FALSE