String startsWith() and endsWith()
The startsWith() and endsWith() methods of strings returns whether a search string appears at the beginning or end of the provided string.
Status
Baseline Widely Available (since 2018-03-30)
MDN documentation
Specifications
- ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification (#sec-string-objects), from TC39 (Ecma International).
Browser support
- Chrome 41 Released on 2015-03-03
- Chrome Android 36 Released on 2014-07-16
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 17 Released on 2012-11-20
- Firefox for Android 17 Released on 2012-11-20
- Safari 9 Released on 2015-09-30
- Safari on iOS 9 Released on 2015-09-16
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