Title is the entire question. Can someone give me a reason why this happens?
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Title is the entire question. Can someone give me a reason why this happens?
Yes – because it does begin with the empty string. Indeed, the empty string logically occurs between every pair of characters.
Put it this way: what definition of ‘starts with’ could you give that would preclude this? Here’s a simple definition of ‘starts with’ that doesn’t:
‘x starts with y if the first
y.Lengthcharacters of x match those of y.’An alternative (equivalent) definition:
‘x starts with y if
x.Substring(0, y.Length).Equals(y)‘