starts-with

Tests whether one string starts with another string

starts-with($arg1 as xs:string?, $arg2 as xs:string?) ➔ xs:boolean

Arguments
	$arg1	xs:string?	The containing string
	$arg2	xs:string?	The supposed initial part of the string
Result		xs:boolean

starts-with($arg1 as xs:string?, $arg2 as xs:string?, $collation as xs:string) ➔ xs:boolean

Arguments
	$arg1	xs:string?	The containing string
	$arg2	xs:string?	The supposed initial part of the string
	$collation	xs:string	The collation to be used for comparing characters
Result		xs:boolean

Links to W3C specifications

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Applies to: XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and later versions

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

The function is fully implemented according to the W3C specifications.