R: Backport of startsWith for R < 3.3.0

startsWith {backports} | R Documentation

## Backport of startsWith for R < 3.3.0

### Description

See the original description in `base::startsWith`.

### Usage

    startsWith(x, prefix)

### Examples

    # get function from namespace instead of possibly getting
    # implementation shipped with recent R versions:
    bp_startsWith = getFromNamespace("startsWith", "backports")

    bp_startsWith(c("aabb", "bbcc"), "bb")

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