Tag Link | [String->BeginsWith] | Category | String |
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Type | Member | Source Available | No |
Support | Preferred | Version | 5.0 |
Change | Unchanged | Data Source | Any |
Output Type | Boolean | Security | None |
Implementation | LCAPI | Sets | Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0, Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0 |
[String->BeginsWith] returns True if the base string begins with the string parameter, False otherwise. Requires a single string parameter. The test is not case sensitive.
[String Variable->(BeginsWith: 'Pattern String')]
Required Parameters | |
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Pattern String | The pattern which should be checked. |
To change the color of text if it begins with the word Blue:
Use the [String->BeginsWith] tag within [If] ... [/If] tags. If the field Company_Name begins with the word Blue then the company name is colored blue using <font> ... </font> tags, otherwise it is displayed normally.
[If: (Field: 'Company_Name')->(BeginsWith: 'Blue')]
<font color="blue">[Field: 'Company_Name']</font>
[Else]
[Field: 'Company_Name']
[/If]
<font color="blue">Blue World</font>