# string-starts-with-x

> Determines whether a string begins with the characters of a specified string.

Latest version **2.1.2** (published 2019-08-28) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install string-starts-with-x
pnpm add string-starts-with-x
yarn add string-starts-with-x
bun add string-starts-with-x
```

## Health

**Score 20/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: esm support; no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.1.2 |
| Published | 2019-08-28 |
| First published | 2017-08-24 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | >=8.11.4 |
| Dependencies | 7 |
| Unpacked size | 342.3 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 0 |
| Author | Graham Fairweather |
| Maintainers | xotic750 |
| Keywords | string, startsWith, module, javascript, nodejs, browser |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/string-starts-with-x
- Repository: https://github.com/Xotic750/string-starts-with-x
- Issues: https://github.com/Xotic750/string-starts-with-x/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/string-starts-with-x

## Dependencies (7)

- [attempt-x](https://npm.io/package/attempt-x.md) ^2.1.2
- [is-regexp-x](https://npm.io/package/is-regexp-x.md) ^3.1.2
- [to-string-x](https://npm.io/package/to-string-x.md) ^2.1.1
- [to-boolean-x](https://npm.io/package/to-boolean-x.md) ^2.1.1
- [to-integer-x](https://npm.io/package/to-integer-x.md) ^4.2.2
- [simple-methodize-x](https://npm.io/package/simple-methodize-x.md) ^1.0.4
- [require-object-coercible-x](https://npm.io/package/require-object-coercible-x.md) ^2.1.1

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## Recent versions

- 2.1.2 (latest) — 2019-08-28
- 2.1.1 — 2019-08-20
- 2.1.0 — 2019-08-14
- 2.0.13 — 2019-08-05
- 2.0.12 — 2019-07-31
- 2.0.11 — 2019-07-27
- 2.0.10 — 2019-07-26
- 2.0.9 — 2019-07-25
- 2.0.8 — 2019-07-24
- 2.0.7 — 2019-07-24
- 2.0.6 — 2019-07-22
- 2.0.5 — 2019-07-22
- 2.0.4 — 2019-07-21
- 2.0.3 — 2019-07-19
- 2.0.2 — 2019-07-18
- … 4 more at https://npm.io/package/string-starts-with-x/versions

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## string-starts-with-x

Determines whether a string begins with the characters of a specified string.

<a name="exp_module_string-starts-with-x--module.exports"></a>

### `module.exports` ⇒ <code>boolean</code> ⏏

This method determines whether a string begins with the characters of a
specified string, returning true or false as appropriate.

**Kind**: Exported member  
**Returns**: <code>boolean</code> - `true` if the given characters are found at the beginning
of the string; otherwise, `false`.  
**Throws**:

- <code>TypeError</code> If string is null or undefined.
- <code>TypeError</code> If searchString is a RegExp.

| Param        | Type                | Description                                                                              |
| ------------ | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| string       | <code>string</code> | The string to be search.                                                                 |
| searchString | <code>string</code> | The characters to be searched for at the start of this string.                           |
| [position]   | <code>number</code> | The position in this string at which to begin searching for searchString; defaults to 0. |

**Example**

```js
import startsWith from 'string-starts-with-x';

const str = 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.';

startsWith(str, 'To be'); // true
startsWith(str, 'not to be'); // false
startsWith(str, 'not to be', 10); // true
```

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