c-md/srcs/utils/string/starts_with.c.md

starts_with.c

Checks if a string starts with a given prefix.

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Includes

#include <string.h>
#include <stdint.h>

#include "utils.h"

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Function Description

starts_with

Checks if the string str starts with the substring prefix.

Parameters

• str: The main string to check.
• prefix: The prefix to look for at the start of str.

Return Value

• Returns 1 (true) if str starts with prefix.
• Returns 0 (false) otherwise.

Implementation

int8_t
starts_with(const char *str, const char *prefix)
{
	size_t	prefix_len;

	prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
	return (0 == strncmp(str, prefix, prefix_len));
}