Imports System
Public Class Program
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim str As String = "VB.NET is a multi-paradigm object-oriented programming language"
Dim substring As String = "VB.NET is a multi"
Console.WriteLine(str.StartsWith(substring))
Console.WriteLine(str.StartsWith("Vb"))
Console.WriteLine(str.StartsWith("VB"))
End Sub
End Class
' run:
'
' True
' False
' True
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