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Version: 10.1

strings:StartsWithIgnoreCase

note

This article is about the strings:StartsWithIgnoreCase Blend function.

strings:StartsWithIgnoreCase​

Evaluates whether or not a string value starts with another string value, regardless of case.

Returns a boolean.

Syntax

Namespace declaration

You need to declare this namespace only if you call the function directly from the USCSXSL component but outside Blend. In a Blend context (ublendit.exe, uscsxsl.blend()) the namespace is already declared in the Blend transformation, which is in xsl\Util\Batch.1.0.xsl in your USoft installation folder.

xmlns:strings="USoft:Strings"

Function call

strings:StartsWithIgnoreCase( *value1*, *value2* )

Both value1 and value2 are required string values. The result evaluates to true() if value1 starts with value2 (regardless of case), and otherwise evaluates to false().

Example

select uscsxsl.blend(
  '<Example xmlns:pc="Processing.Command" pc:hideme="true">
     <pc:assign-string-default val = "abcDEF"/>
     <pc:value-of select="strings:StartsWithIgnoreCase( $val, ''aBc'')"/>
   </Example>'
)

The result value is:

true()