Question

Write a JavaScript function that checks if a given string, starts with a given substring.

The input comes as 2 string arguments:

• The first string will represent the main one.
• The second one will represent the substring.

Examples:

Input:
How have you been?
how

Output:
false

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Input:
The quick brown fox…
The quick brown fox…

Output:
true

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Input:
Marketing Fundamentals, starting 19/10/2016
Marketing Fundamentals, sta

Output:
true

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The output is either “true” or “false” based on the result of the check.

The comparison is case-sensitive!

Answer 1

My js code:

function checkStart(input, check) {
    let checkSub = input.substr(0, check.length);
    if (checkSub == check) {
        console.log(true);
    } else {
        console.log(false);
    }

}

//checkStart("How have you been?", "how");
checkStart("Marketing Fundamentals, starting 19/10/2016","Marketing Fundamentals, sta");

 

Answer 2

..and mine:

(text,substr)=>text.startsWith(substr);