https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1b6d737ee0205521333cf5fe6ca6df2d3a6d4ec2
commit: 1b6d737ee0205521333cf5fe6ca6df2d3a6d4ec2
branch: main
author: Adorilson Bezerra <[email protected]>
committer: vstinner <[email protected]>
date: 2026-02-04T18:17:42+01:00
summary:

gh-106318: Add examples for `str.startswith()` method (#144369)

Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <[email protected]>

files:
M Doc/library/stdtypes.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 99479091cd5bd2..0f20163e69509c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2751,6 +2751,19 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    test string beginning at that position.  With optional *end*, stop comparing
    string at that position.
 
+   For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> 'Python'.startswith('Py')
+      True
+      >>> 'a tuple of prefixes'.startswith(('at', 'a'))
+      True
+      >>> 'Python is amazing'.startswith('is', 7)
+      True
+
+   See also :meth:`endswith` and :meth:`removeprefix`.
+
 
 .. method:: str.strip(chars=None, /)
 

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