numpy.char.startswith

char.startswith(a, prefix, start=0, end=None) [source]

Returns a boolean array which is True where the string element in a starts with prefix, otherwise False.

Calls str.startswith element-wise.

Parameters

aarray_like of str or unicode

prefixstr

start, endint, optional

With optional start, test beginning at that position. With optional end, stop comparing at that position.

Returns

outndarray

Array of booleans

See also

str.startswith