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Programming-Idioms

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Idiom #96 Check string prefix

Set the boolean b to true if string s starts with prefix prefix, false otherwise.

Are the first characters of s equal to this prefix?
b = s.startswith(prefix)
boolean b = s.startsWith(prefix);
with Ada.Strings.Fixed;
B := Ada.Strings.Fixed.Index (S, Prefix) = S'First;

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