lass="code">'IgnoreCase'</code>, <var class="var">IgnoreCase</var>)</code><a class="copiable-link" href="#index-startsWith-1"> &para;</a></span></dt>
<dd>
<p>Test if strings start with a pattern.
</p>
<p>Tests whether the given strings start with the given pattern(s).
</p>
<p><var class="var">str</var> (char, cellstr, or string) is a list of strings to compare against
<var class="var">pattern</var>.
</p>
<p><var class="var">pattern</var> (char, cellstr, or string) is a list of patterns to match. These are
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