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Return `true` if `string` begins with the C‐string `characters`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_stringviewutil.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
bool
startsWith(
    std::string_view const& string,
    char const* characters);
----

== Description

See the overload above for contract.

== Return Value

`true` if `string` begins with `characters`, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *string*
| string view to test
| *characters*
| null‐terminated prefix to match
|===


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