Starts with

The starts with keyword checks if a text starts with another text.

This function is SQL compatible. For more information about SQL compatibility, see our documentation.

Returns a Yes/No value

This check is not case-sensitive and ignores diacritics (accents).

text_a starts with text_b

"Text contains subtext" starts with "contains" => false

"Text contains subtext" starts with "tëXT" => true

"Text contains subtext" starts with unknowntext => true

unknowntext starts with unknowntext => true

unknowntext starts with "some text" => false