daft.expressions.StringMethodAccessor.startswith

StringMethodAccessor.startswith(pattern: str) → daft.expressions.CallExpression

Checks whether each string starts with the given pattern in a string column

Example

>>> col("x").str.startswith("foo")

Parameters

pattern (str) – pattern to search for

Returns

a LOGICAL expression indicating whether each value starts with the provided pattern

Return type

CallExpression