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title: "Starts With"
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# Starts With

**Type:** `nodetool.text.StartsWith`

**Namespace:** `nodetool.text`

## Description

Checks if text starts with a specified prefix.
    text, check, prefix, compare, validate, substring, string

    Use cases:
    - Validating string prefixes
    - Filtering text based on starting content
    - Checking file name patterns

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description | Default |
|----------|------|-------------|---------|
| text | `str` |  | `` |
| prefix | `str` |  | `` |

## Outputs

| Output | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| output | `bool` |  |

## Related Nodes

Browse other nodes in the [nodetool.text](./) namespace.