numpy.core.defchararray.startswith

numpy.core.defchararray.startswith(a, prefix, start=0, end=None) [source]

Returns a boolean array which is True where the string element in a starts with prefix, otherwise False.

Calls str.startswith element-wise.

Parameters:	a : array_like of str or unicode prefix : str start, end : int, optional With optional start, test beginning at that position. With optional end, stop comparing at that position.
Returns:	out : ndarray Array of booleans

See also

str.startswith