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Javascript: Case-sensitive 'starts with'
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startsWith
if (typeof String.prototype.startsWith != 'function') {
String.prototype.startsWith = function(str) {
return (this.lastIndexOf(str, 0) === 0);
};
}
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A simple Javascript function to tell if one string starts with another.

Usage:

if (myString.startsWith("anything") { do something… }

NOTE: As always, make sure this is defined before it is used!

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