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

I'm surprised no one has posted this method yet:

#include     
using namespace std;

bool starts_with(const string& smaller_string, const string& bigger_string) 
{
    return (smaller_string == bigger_string.substr(0,smaller_string.length()));
}