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# numpy.core.defchararray.startswith

`numpy.core.defchararray.``startswith`(a, prefix, start=0, end=None)

  Returns a boolean array which is True where the string element in a starts with prefix, otherwise False.

  Calls str.startswith element-wise.

  Parameters: | a : array_like of str or unicode prefix : str start, end : int, optional With optional start, test beginning at that position. With optional end, stop comparing at that position.
  Returns: | out : ndarray Array of booleans

  See also

  `str.startswith`