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`starts_with` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

Return `true` if this string starts with the specified `character`.


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bool
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Return `true` if this string starts with the specified `characterString`.


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bool
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Return `true` if this string starts with the specified C‐string.


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bool
xref:bsl/basic_string-0f3/starts_with-07.adoc[starts_with](char32_t const* characterString) const;
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