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Checks if the string begins with the given prefix

== Synopsis


Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/decode_view.hpp#L348[boost/url/decode_view.hpp]>`

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bool
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bool
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== Description



=== Example

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assert( decode_view( "Program%20Files" ).starts_with("Program") );
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=== Complexity

Linear.


=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.





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