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.TH Text.starts_with 3 2025-11-29 "Tomo man-pages"
.SH NAME
Text.starts_with \- check prefix
.SH LIBRARY
Tomo Standard Library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BI Text.starts_with\ :\ func(text:\ Text,\ prefix:\ Text,\ remainder:\ &Text?\ =\ none\ ->\ Bool)
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Checks if the `Text` starts with a literal prefix text.


.SH ARGUMENTS

.TS
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Name	Type	Description	Default
text	Text	The text to be searched. 	-
prefix	Text	The literal prefix text to check for. 	-
remainder	&Text?	If non-none, this value will be set to the rest of the text after the prefix. If the prefix is not found, this value will be set to the original text. 	none
.TE
.SH RETURN
`yes` if the text has the given prefix, `no` otherwise.

.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
assert "hello world".starts_with("hello")
remainder : Text
assert "hello world".starts_with("hello", &remainder)
assert remainder == " world"
.EE
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR Tomo-Text (3)