Question

How to case insensitive check if a string starts with a specified substring in Kotlin

Answer 1

fun startsWithCaseInsensitive(s: String, subs: String): Boolean {
    return s.lowercase().startsWith(subs.lowercase())
}

fun main() {
    val str = "Kotlin Programming Language";
    val substr = "KOTLIN"

    if (startsWithCaseInsensitive(str, substr)) {
        println("yes")
    } else {
        println("no")
    }
}

   
/*
run:

yes
 
*/

 

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