How to Quickly Check Whether a String starts with a character in Python

The index in a string is the position of a substring that is part of that string.

When you want to check whether a string in Python starts with a specific character, you can specify the index 0 and write the name of the variable of the string in front:

	my_string = "abcdef"
	if my_string[0] == "a":
	print("This string starts with character: 'a'")

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There is also another way you can do that. There is a built-in method in Python that you can use to check whether a string starts with a specific character that is called startswith():

	my_string = "abcdef"
	print(my_string.startswith("b")) # False

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That’s basically it. I hope you find this useful.