System.SysUtils.TStringHelper.StartsText

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Delphi

class function StartsText(const ASubText, AText: string): Boolean; static;

Properties

Type	Visibility	Source	Unit	Parent
function	public	System.SysUtils.pas	System.SysUtils	TStringHelper

Description

Returns True if the given string starts with the given substring.

StartsText is a static function that can be called like this:

var
  MyString: String;

begin
  MyString := 'This is a string.';
  Writeln(Boolean(String.StartsText('This ', MyString)));
end.

Output:

TRUE

Tip: StartsText is case-insensitive.

See Also

• System.SysUtils.TStringHelper
• System.SysUtils.TStringHelper.EndsText