Java String startsWith Example

  1. /*
  2.   String startsWith Example
  3.   This example shows how to check if a particular string is starting with
  4.   a specified word.
  5. */
  6.  
  7. public class StringStartsWithExample {
  8.  
  9. public static void main(String[] args) {
  10.  
  11. //declare the original String
  12. String strOrig = "Hello World";
  13.  
  14. /*
  15.   check whether String starts with Hello or not.
  16.   Use startsWith method of the String class to check the same.
  17.   startsWith() method returns true if a string is starting with a given word
  18.   otherwise it returns false
  19.   */
  20. if(strOrig.startsWith("Hello")){
  21. System.out.println("String starts with Hello");
  22. }else{
  23. System.out.println("String does not start with Hello");
  24. }
  25.  
  26. }
  27. }
  28.  
  29. /*
  30. Output of the program would be :
  31. String starts with Hello
  32. */

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