Program
public class StringStartsEnds
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String s1 = "this is java";
System.out.println(s1.startsWith("this"));
System.out.println(s1.endsWith("java"));
System.out.println(s1.startsWith("is"));
}
}Output
true
true
false
Description
public boolean startsWith​(String prefix)
Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.
Parameters:
prefix – the prefix.
Returns:
true if the character sequence represented by the argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by this string; false otherwise. Note also that true will be returned if the argument is an empty string or is equal to this String object as determined by the equals(Object) method.
Since:
1.0
public boolean endsWith​(String suffix)
Tests if this string starts with the specified suffix.
Parameters:
suffix – the suffix.
Returns:
true if the character sequence represented by the argument is a suffix of the character sequence represented by this object; false otherwise. Note that the result will be true if the argument is the empty string or is equal to this String object as determined by the equals(Object) method.
