Android String Case Convert startsWithIgnoreCase(String str, String prefix)

Description

Examine a string to see if it starts with a given prefix (case insensitive).

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
str	the string to examine
prefix	the prefix to look for

Return

a boolean indicating if str starts with prefix (case insensitive)

Declaration

public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(String str, String prefix) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**// w  ww . j av a  2s .c o  m
 * Copyright (c) 2000, Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Examine a string to see if it starts with a given prefix (case
     * insensitive). Just like String.startsWith() except doesn't
     * respect case. Strings are compared in the same way as in
     * {@link String#equalsIgnoreCase}.
     *
     * @param str the string to examine
     * @param prefix the prefix to look for
     * @return a boolean indicating if str starts with prefix (case insensitive)
     */
    public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(String str, String prefix) {
        return str.regionMatches(true, 0, prefix, 0, prefix.length());
    }
}

Related

1. toLowerCase(String str, int beginIndex, int endIndex)
2. toUpperCase(String str)
3. toUpperCase(String str, int beginIndex, int endIndex)
4. endsWithIgnoreCase(String str, String suffix)
5. lowercaseKeys(Map map)
6. toLowerCase(String src)
7. toUpperCase(String src)
8. flipCase(final String s)
9. matchesIgnoreCase(String str, String query, int startingAt)