# `Ash.Query.Function.StringStartsWith`
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Returns true if the first string starts with the second.

Case insensitive strings are accounted for on either side.

   string_starts_with("foo", "fo")
   true

   string_starts_with(%Ash.CiString{string: "foo"}, "FoO")
   false

   string_starts_with(%Ash.CiString{string: "foo"}, "Fo")
   true

# `args`

# `has_partial_evaluate?`

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