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# pandas.core.strings.StringMethods.startswith

`StringMethods.``startswith`(pat, na=nan)

  Return boolean array indicating whether each string starts with passed pattern

  Parameters : | pat : string Character sequence na : bool, default NaN
  Returns : | startswith : array (boolean)

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