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Test if a string start with another string in Javascript
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start_with_js
prefix = "http://";
url = "http://example.com";
url.substring(0, prefix.length) === prefix; // true
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var startWith = function (string, prefix) {
          if (string) {
            if (prefix === "" ) { return true; }
            if (prefix) {
                return string.substring(0, prefix.length) === prefix;
            }
          }
          return false;
        };

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