lodash/startsWith.js

var baseClamp = require('./internal/baseClamp'),
    toInteger = require('./toInteger'),
    toString = require('./toString');

/**
 * Checks if `string` starts with the given target string.
 *
 * @static
 * @memberOf _
 * @category String
 * @param {string} [string=''] The string to search.
 * @param {string} [target] The string to search for.
 * @param {number} [position=0] The position to search from.
 * @returns {boolean} Returns `true` if `string` starts with `target`, else `false`.
 * @example
 *
 * _.startsWith('abc', 'a');
 * // => true
 *
 * _.startsWith('abc', 'b');
 * // => false
 *
 * _.startsWith('abc', 'b', 1);
 * // => true
 */
function startsWith(string, target, position) {
  string = toString(string);
  position = baseClamp(toInteger(position), 0, string.length);
  return string.lastIndexOf(target, position) == position;
}

module.exports = startsWith;