str.startswith
Check whether the string starts with the given prefix.
Python 3.13
str.startswith(prefix[, start[, end]])- [ ]optional part
- prefix
- The expected beginning of the string; with a tuple, any of the options matches.str | tuple
- start
- The index where the check starts, 0 by default.intOptional
- end
- The index before which the check stops, the end of the string by default.intOptional
Return value
True or False.
Examples
Checking the start of a string
Python 3.13
print('hello'.startswith('he'))True
Checking several options
Python 3.13
print('https://example.com'.startswith(('http://', 'https://')))True
Details
Pass several options as a tuple: a list raises TypeError. The check is case-sensitive; to ignore case, convert the string to lowercase first. An empty prefix matches any string.