hasprefix operator

Applies to: ✅ Microsoft Fabric ✅ Azure Data Explorer ✅ Azure Monitor ✅ Microsoft Sentinel

Filters a record set for data with a case-insensitive starting string.

For best performance, use strings of three characters or more. hasprefix searches for indexed terms, where a term is three or more characters. If your term is fewer than three characters, the query scans the values in the column, which is slower than looking up the term in the term index.

The following table compares the hasprefix operators using the abbreviations provided:

• RHS = right-hand side of the expression
• LHS = left-hand side of the expression

Operator	Description	Case-Sensitive	Example (yields true)
hasprefix	RHS is a term prefix in LHS	No	"North America" hasprefix "ame"
!hasprefix	RHS isn't a term prefix in LHS	No	"North America" !hasprefix "mer"
hasprefix_cs	RHS is a term prefix in LHS	Yes	"North America" hasprefix_cs "Ame"
!hasprefix_cs	RHS isn't a term prefix in LHS	Yes	"North America" !hasprefix_cs "CA"

For more information about other operators and to determine which operator is most appropriate for your query, see datatype string operators.

Performance tips

Note

Performance depends on the type of search and the structure of the data. For best practices, see Query best practices.

When possible, use the case-sensitive hasprefix_cs.

Syntax

T | where Column hasprefix (Expression)

Learn more about syntax conventions.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
T	string	✔️	The tabular input whose records are to be filtered.
Column	string	✔️	The column used to filter.
Expression	string	✔️	The expression for which to search.

Returns

Rows in T for which the predicate is true.

Example

Run the query

StormEvents
| summarize event_count=count() by State
| where State hasprefix "la"
| project State, event_count

State	event_count
LAKE MICHIGAN	182
LAKE HURON	63
LAKE SUPERIOR	34
LAKE ST CLAIR	32
LAKE ERIE	27
LAKE ONTARIO	8