Starts with

Supported in: Batch, Streaming

Expression categories: Boolean, String

Declared arguments

• Expression - no description
  Expression<String>
• Ignore case - Boolean to decide if comparison should be case-sensitive or not.
  Literal<Boolean>
• Value - no description
  Expression<String>

Output type: Boolean

Examples

Example 1: Base case

Argument values:

• Expression: Hello world
• Ignore case: false
• Value: hello

Output: false

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Example 2: Base case

Argument values:

• Expression: Hello world
• Ignore case: false
• Value: Hello

Output: true

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Example 3: Base case

Argument values:

• Expression: Hello world
• Ignore case: true
• Value: hello

Output: true

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Example 4: Null case

Argument values:

• Expression: null
• Ignore case: false
• Value: null

Output: false

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Example 5: Null case

Argument values:

• Expression: null
• Ignore case: false
• Value: Hello

Output: false

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Example 6: Null case

Argument values:

• Expression: hello world
• Ignore case: false
• Value: null

Output: false

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