how to check string start in C++

Question

Is there any way in C++ to check whether a string starts with a certain string (smaller than the original) ? Just like we can do in Java

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Answer 1

To optimize a little bit:

if ( smallString.size() <= bigString.size() &&
     strncmp( smallString.c_str(), bigString.c_str(), smallString.length() ) == 0 )

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