pandas.Series.str.startswith

Series.str.startswith(pat, na=nan) [source]

Return boolean Series/array indicating whether each string in the Series/Index starts with passed pattern. Equivalent to str.startswith().

Parameters:

pat : string

Character sequence

na : bool, default NaN
Returns:

startswith : Series/array of boolean values

© 2008–2012, AQR Capital Management, LLC, Lambda Foundry, Inc. and PyData Development Team
Licensed under the 3-clause BSD License.
https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/0.22.0/generated/pandas.Series.str.startswith.html