The **`startsWith` method **checks if a string starts with a specific other string given as a parameter.

# Syntax

```
string.startsWith(searchString)
```

To search from the specific index of the string, we can use: 

```
string.startsWith(searchString, index)
```

The `startsWith` method will return `true` if the `searchString` is present in the string in which we call `startsWith`; otherwise, it returns `false`. 

# Example

let str = "JavaScript";
console.log("The String is " + str);
console.log("check if String startwith Java: " +  str.startsWith("Java"))

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The `startsWith` method #key# is a case sensitive method : "java" is not equal to "Java" #key#.

let str = "JavaScript";
console.log("The String is " + str);
console.log("check if String startwith java: " +  str.startsWith("java"))

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Let's check if the string starts with a `searchString` from a specific index.

let str = "JavaScript";
console.log("The String is " + str);

console.log("check if String startwith ava from the index 1:  " +  str.startsWith("ava", 1))
console.log("check if String startwith Script from the index 4:  " +  str.startsWith("Script", 4))

// false case
console.log("check if String startwith ava from the index 0:  " +  str.startsWith("ava", 0))


In the code above, we have checked if the string starts with "ava" from index 1, "Script" from index 4, and "ava" from index 0.

What is the String.startsWith method in JavaScript? 

Checks if a string starts with a specific substring, returns true or false, case sensitive.