# String.starts_with

## Function

Determine whether the string starts with the specified prefix.

## Syntax

```bt
string.starts_with(prefix)
```

## Parameters

| Parameters | Type | Required | Default value | Description |
| ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
| prefix | Any | No | None | The prefix to be matched will be converted to a string first when called. |

## Return value

| Type | Description |
| ------ | ------ |
| Bool | Returns true if the match is successful, otherwise returns false. |

## Example

```bt
text = 'hello BT'
result = text.starts_with('hello')

// Output: true
print result
```

## Notes

- Matching is case sensitive.
- Return false when no parameters are passed to avoid empty parameters being mismatched as empty strings.