starts-with

starts-with

The starts-with() function tests whether one string starts with another string.

For example, the expression «starts-with('$17.30', '$') » returns true.

Argument	Data Type	Meaning
input	xs:string?	The containing string
test	xs:string?	The test string
collation (optional)	xs:string	The collation to be used for comparing strings
Result	xs:string?	true if the input string starts with the test string, otherwise false