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    AnsiStartsText

    Check whether a string starts with a given substring, ignoring case.

    Declaration

    Source position: strutils.pp line 39

    function AnsiStartsText(const ASubText: AnsiString; 
                       const AText: AnsiString) : Boolean;

    Arguments

    Name Description
    ASubText Substring to check for.
    AText String to check in.

    Function result

    True if the given string starts with the substring, False if not.

    Description

    AnsiStartsText checks AText to see whether it starts with ASubText , and returns True if it does, False if not. The check is performed case-insensitive. Basically, it checks whether the position of ASubText equals 1.

    Errors

    None.

    See also

    Name Description
    AnsiEndsText Check whether a string ends with a certain substring, ignoring case.
    AnsiStartsStr Check whether a string starts with a given substring, observing case.
    AnsiIndexText Searches, case insensitive, for a string in an array of strings.
    AnsiContainsText Check whether a string contains a certain substring, ignoring case.