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Checks if a given string starts with a substring of another string
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| // Changed the loop to start from the end of the word string and iterate backwards. | |
| // This allows us to avoid unnecessary slicing operations. | |
| //Used substring instead of slice since we only need to get the substring starting from i to the end. | |
| /** | |
| * Finds the longest substring of the word that is a prefix of the text. | |
| * | |
| * @param {string} text - The text to search for the substring. | |
| * @param {string} word - The word to find the substring from. | |
| * @return {string|undefined} The longest substring that is a prefix of the text, or undefined if no such substring exists. | |
| */ | |
| function startsWithSubstring(text, word) { | |
| for (let i = word.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) { | |
| const substr = word.substring(i) | |
| if (text.startsWith(substr)) return substr | |
| } | |
| return undefined | |
| } | |
| startsWithSubstring("/>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", "<br />") //= `/>` |
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