github.com/kanishk98/terraform@v1.3.0-dev.0.20220917174235-661ca8088a6a/website/docs/language/functions/startswith.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 page_title: startsswith - Functions - Configuration Language 3 description: |- 4 The startswith function takes two values: a string to check and a prefix string. It returns true if the string begins with that exact prefix. 5 --- 6 7 # `startswith` Function 8 9 `startswith` takes two values: a string to check and a prefix string. The function returns true if the string begins with that exact prefix. 10 11 ```hcl 12 startswith(string, prefix) 13 ``` 14 15 ## Examples 16 17 ``` 18 > startswith("hello world", "hello") 19 true 20 21 > startswith("hello world", "world") 22 false 23 ``` 24 25 ## Related Functions 26 27 - [`endswith`](/language/functions/endswith) takes two values: a string to check and a suffix string. The function returns true if the first string ends with that exact suffix.