numpy.core.defchararray.startswith() function returns a boolean array which is True where the string element in starts with prefix, otherwise False.
Syntax : numpy.core.defchararray.startswith(arr, prefix, start = 0, end = None)
Parameters :
arr : [array-like of str or unicode] Array-like of str.
prefix : [str] Input string.
start, end : [int, optional] With optional start, test beginning at that position. With optional end, stop comparing at that position.
Return : [ndarray] Return the array of booleans.
Code #1 :
Python3
# Python program explaining # numpy.char.startswith() function # importing numpy as geek import numpy as geek arr = "neveropen - A computer science portal" prefix = 'Geeks' gfg = geek.char.startswith(arr, prefix, start = 0 , end = None ) print (gfg) |
Output :
True
Code #2 :
Python3
# Python program explaining # numpy.char.startswith() function # importing numpy as geek import numpy as geek arr = "neveropen - A computer science portal" prefix = 'None' gfg = geek.char.startswith(arr, prefix, start = 0 , end = None ) print (gfg) |
Output :
False