# Series.str.startsWith

> danfo.Series.str.**startsWith**(str, options) \[[source](https://github.com/opensource9ja/danfojs/blob/master/danfojs/src/core/strings.js#L119)]

| Parameters | Type   | Description                                                    | Default                                                |
| ---------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| str        | string | the character(s) to check                                      | ""                                                     |
| options    | Object | **inplace**: Whether to perform the operation in-place or not. | <p>{</p><p><strong>inplace</strong>: false</p><p>}</p> |

**Returns:** Series (Boolean element)

**Examples**

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{% tab title="Node" %}

```javascript
const dfd = require("danfojs-node")

let data = ['lower', 'CAPITALS', 'this is a sentence', 'SwApCaSe']
let sf = new dfd.Series(data)
sf.str.startsWith("S").print()
```

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{% tab title="Browser" %}

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{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Output" %}

```
╔═══╤══════════════════════╗
║   │ 0                    ║
╟───┼──────────────────────╢
║ 0 │ false                ║
╟───┼──────────────────────╢
║ 1 │ false                ║
╟───┼──────────────────────╢
║ 2 │ false                ║
╟───┼──────────────────────╢
║ 3 │ true                 ║
╚═══╧══════════════════════╝
```

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