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starts

Syntax

    string1 starts string2

Description

Operator; compares two strings to determines whether `string1` starts with `string2` (`TRUE` or 1) or not (`FALSE` or 0).

This is a comparison operator with a precedence level of 1.

Note: The string comparison is not case sensitive, but it is sensitive to diacritical marks; "a" and "A" are treated the same, but "A" and "Ä" are not.

Example

This statement reports in the Message window whether the word Macromedia starts with the string "Macro":

    put "Macromedia" starts "Macro"

The result is 1, which is the numerical equivalent of `TRUE`.

See also

`contains`