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[#boost-urls-decode_view-starts_with-01]

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Checks if the string begins with the given prefix


== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/decode_view.hpp#L357[boost/url/decode_view.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
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bool
starts_with(core::string_view s) const noexcept;
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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.