Test if the start of each string in the array matches a pattern.
The pattern pat can either be a str
or array-like of str
.
If array-like, it will be broadcast and applied elementwise.
- Parameters
pat (str
) – Character sequence. Regular expressions are not accepted.
If array-like, it is broadcast.
- Returns
startswith (array of bool
) – An array of booleans indicating whether the given pattern matches
the start of each string element.