How to check if a string “StartsWith” another string?

Question

How would I write the equivalent of C#\'s String.StartsWith in JavaScript?

var haystack = \'hello world\';
var needle = \'he\';

haystack.startsWith(needle)          


        

Answer 1

Also check out underscore.string.js. It comes with a bunch of useful string testing and manipulation methods, including a startsWith method. From the docs:

startsWith _.startsWith(string, starts)

This method checks whether string starts with starts.

_("image.gif").startsWith("image")
=> true