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`startsWith` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bdlb_stringviewutil.h>`

Return `true` if the specified `string` begins with the specified `character`, and `false` otherwise.


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static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/StringViewUtil/startsWith-0c.adoc[startsWith](
    std::string_view const& string,
    char character);
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Return `true` if the specified `string` begins with the specified `characters`, and `false` otherwise.


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static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/StringViewUtil/startsWith-09.adoc[startsWith](
    std::string_view const& string,
    std::string_view const& characters);
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See the overload above for contract.


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static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/StringViewUtil/startsWith-0d.adoc[startsWith](
    std::string_view const& string,
    char const* characters);
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