Str.starts-with

Author: moritz

lib/Type/Str.pod

@@ -336,6 +336,15 @@ Special case:  sprintf("<b>%s</b>\n", "Perl 6")  will not work use either of the
  sprintf     "<b>\%s</b>\n", "Perl 6";
  sprintf     "<b>%s\</b>\n", "Perl 6";
 
+=head2 method starts-with
+
+    multi method starts-with(Str:D: Str(Cool) $needle) returns True:D
+
+Returns True if the invocant is identical to or starts with C<$needle>.
+
+    say "Hello, World".starts-with("Hello");    # True
+    say "http://perl6.org/".starts-with('ftp'); # False
+
 =head2 method subst
 
     multi method subst(Str:D: $matcher, $replacement, *%opts)