[[esql-starts_with]]
=== `STARTS_WITH`
Returns a boolean that indicates whether a keyword string starts with another
string:

[source.merge.styled,esql]
----
include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=startsWith]
----
[%header.monospaced.styled,format=dsv,separator=|]
|===
include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=startsWith-result]
|===