Returns true if the first argument string starts with the second argument string, and otherwise returns false.For two given strings, this function checks if the first string starts with characters of second string. If any argument is not a string, it is converted to string using rules for string() XPATH function. Thus if the second argument has no string value, the function returns true, because it will be converted to an empty string first.
Returns true if the first argument string starts with the second argument string, and otherwise returns false.For two given strings, this function checks if the first string starts with characters of second string.
If any argument is not a string, it is converted to string using rules for string() XPATH function.
Thus if the second argument has no string value, the function returns true, because it will
be converted to an empty string first.