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

a array_like of str or unicode

prefix str

start, end int, optional

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

Returns

out ndarray

Array of booleans

See also

str.startswith