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.
