Jan 10, 2012 · I would like to know how to check whether a string starts with "hello" in Python. In Bash I usually do:

>>> "hello".startswith("") True The documentation states: Return True if string starts with the prefix, otherwise return False. prefix can also be a tuple of prefixes to look for. So how does …

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Jul 15, 2017 · 22 This has already been suggested on Python-ideas a couple of years back see: str.startswith taking any iterator instead of just tuple and GvR had this to say: The current …

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May 28, 2021 · From the Python documentation for str.startswith(prefix[, start[, end]]), I've added emphasis: Return True if string starts with the prefix, otherwise return False. prefix can also be …

Dec 9, 2013 · 348 I'm trying to avoid using so many comparisons and simply use a list, but not sure how to use it with str.startswith:

Mar 7, 2010 · How can I use the startswith function to match any alpha character [a-zA-Z]. For example I would like to do this: if line.startswith(ALPHA): Do Something

Nov 16, 2022 · 8 str.startswith can take a tuple of strings as an argument. It will return true if the string starts with any of them.

Apr 1, 2023 · How to do a case-insensitive string.startswith Asked 2 years, 9 months ago Modified 2 years, 9 months ago Viewed 3k times