startswith (Column)

Check if a string column starts with a substring.

Syntax

startswith(other)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
other	str or Column	String or Column containing the prefix to check

Returns

Column (boolean)

Examples

df = spark.createDataFrame(
     [(2, "Alice"), (5, "Bob")], ["age", "name"])
df.filter(df.name.startswith('Al')).collect()

# [Row(age=2, name='Alice')]

df.filter(df.name.startswith('^Al')).collect()

# []