Swift String hasPrefix()

The hasPrefix() method checks whether the string begins with the specified string or not.

Example


hasPrefix() Syntax

The syntax of the string hasPrefix() method is:

string.hasPrefix(str: String)

Here, string is an object of the String class.


hasPrefix() Parameters

The hasPrefix() method takes a single parameter:

  1. str - check whether string starts with str or not

hasPrefix() Return Value

The hasPrefix() method returns:

  1. true - if the string begins with the given string
  2. false - if the string doesn't begin with the given string

Note: The hasPrefix() method is case-sensitive.


Example 1: Swift string hasPrefix()

Output

true
true
true
false
false

Example 2: Using hasPrefix() With if...else

Output

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