Module:Util/strings/startsWith

startsWith(str, substr)

Returns

• true if str starts with substr, else false.

Examples

#	Input	Output	Result
1	startsWith("Fooloo Limpah", "Foo")	true
2	startsWith("Fooloo Limpah", "foo")	false
3	startsWith("Fooloo Limpah", "")	true
4	startsWith("[[foo]]", "[[")	true

---

local function startsWith(str, substr)
	return substr == string.sub(str, 1, #substr)
end

return startsWith