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==Purpose==
Function to perform a case-sensitive search of a string to determine if it starts with a specified character string


==Syntax==
STARTSWITH(<expC1>,<expC2>)


==See Also==
[[BETWEEN()]], [[CHROVERLAP()]], [[CONTAINS()]], [[EMPTY()]], [[ENDSWITH()]], [[EVALUATE()]], [[EXPRCHECK()]], [[FOR()]], [[INDEX]], [[INLIST()]], [[INRANGE()]], [[ISALPHA()]], [[ISBLANK()]], [[ISDIGIT()]], [[LOWER()]], [[MAX()]], [[MAXVALUES()]], [[MIN()]], [[MINVALUES()]], [[MTOS()]], [[PROPER()]], [[Relational Operators]], [[SEEK]], [[SEEK()]], [[SET EXACT]], [[TYPE()]], [[UPPER()]], [[VARTYPE()]]


==Description==
The STARTSWITH() function returns .T. (True) if the character string <expC1> starts with the specified character string, <expC2>.

A case-sensitive search is performed.  The current [[SET EXACT]] setting has no effect. 


{| class="wikitable"
!Parameters||Description
|-
|<expC1>||The character string to be searched.
|-
|<expC2>||The character string to search for.
|-
|}


==Example==
<code lang="recital">
open database southwind
use orders
browse for startswith(customerid,"BON")
</code>


==Products==
Recital Server, Recital 
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