Question

How to check if a string starts with a substring from a list of substrings in Kotlin

Answer 1

fun startsWithAny(string: String, substrings: List<String>): Boolean {
    for (substring in substrings) {
        // Use startsWith to check if the string starts with the substring
        if (string.startsWith(substring)) {
            return true
        }
    }
    return false // Return false if no substring matches
}

fun main() {
    val string = "abcdefg"

    // List of substrings
    val substrings = listOf("xy", "poq", "mnop", "abc", "rsuvw")

    // Check if the string starts with any substring from the list
    if (startsWithAny(string, substrings)) {
        println("The string starts with a substring from the list.")
    } else {
        println("The string does not start with any substring from the list.")
    }
}

   
      
/*
run:
   
The string starts with a substring from the list.
  
*/

 

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