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BEGINS

Determines whether a string starts with the specified substring.

Syntax

<BEGINS STR="STRING_VALUE" 
        WHAT="BEGINSTRING_VALUE"/>

Parameters

STR (required)

String to search.

WHAT (required)

Value of the string to search for within the value for STRING_VALUE.

Description

The BEGINS tag determines whether a string starts with the specified substring. The comparison is case-sensitive. For more information about variables, see the Sites Developer's Guide.

Error Numbers

The possible values of errno include:

Value	Description
1	Comparison is true.
0	Comparison is false.

Example

This example determines whether the value of the variable teststr begins with the string "hello". It displays "yes" if the comparison is true and "no" if the comparison is false:

<SETVAR NAME="errno" VALUE="0"/>
<SETVAR NAME="teststr" VALUE="hello world"/>
<BEGINS STR="Variables.teststr" WHAT="hello"/>
<IF COND="Variables.errno=1"> 
	 <THEN> yes </THEN>
	 <ELSE> no </ELSE>
</IF>

See Also

ENDS

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