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+var baseToString = require('../internal/baseToString');
+
+/* Native method references for those with the same name as other `lodash` methods. */
+var nativeMin = Math.min;
+
+/**
+ * Checks if `string` starts with the given target string.
+ *
+ * @static
+ * @memberOf _
+ * @category String
+ * @param {string} [string=''] The string to search.
+ * @param {string} [target] The string to search for.
+ * @param {number} [position=0] The position to search from.
+ * @returns {boolean} Returns `true` if `string` starts with `target`, else `false`.
+ * @example
+ *
+ * _.startsWith('abc', 'a');
+ * // => true
+ *
+ * _.startsWith('abc', 'b');
+ * // => false
+ *
+ * _.startsWith('abc', 'b', 1);
+ * // => true
+ */
+function startsWith(string, target, position) {
+ string = baseToString(string);
+ position = position == null
+ ? 0
+ : nativeMin(position < 0 ? 0 : (+position || 0), string.length);
+
+ return string.lastIndexOf(target, position) == position;
+}
+
+module.exports = startsWith;