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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

/**
* Tests if a string starts with the characters of another string.
*
* ## Notes
*
* -   If provided a negative `position`, the search starting position is resolved relative to the end of the string. For example, if provided the input string `'beep boop'` and a `position` equal to `-2`, the starting position resolves to `7`.
*
* @param str - input string
* @param search - search string
* @param position - position at which to start searching (default: 0)
* @returns boolean indicating if the input string starts with the search string
*
* @example
* var bool = startsWith( 'Remember the story I used to tell you when you were a boy?', 'Remember' );
* // returns true
*
* @example
* var bool = startsWith( 'Remember the story I used to tell you when you were a boy?', 'Remember, remember' );
* // returns false
*
* @example
* var bool = startsWith( 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.', 'To be' );
* // returns true
*
* @example
* var bool = startsWith( 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.', 'to be' );
* // returns false
*
* @example
* var bool = startsWith( 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.', 'to be', 14 );
* // returns true
*
* @example
* var bool = startsWith( 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.', 'quest', -9 );
* // returns true
*/
declare function startsWith( str: string, search: string, position?: number ): boolean;


// EXPORTS //

export = startsWith;
