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StartsWithExtension.StartsWith<T> Method (IEnumerable<T>, IEnumerable<T>)

Determines whether the beginning of the first sequence is equivalent to the second sequence, using the default equality comparer.

Namespace:  MoreLinq.Extensions
Assembly:  MoreLinq (in MoreLinq.dll) Version: 3.3.1+b77df70598ab84c28cd43dcf74594024b6d575e1
Syntax
public static bool StartsWith<T>(
	this IEnumerable<T> first,
	IEnumerable<T> second
)

Parameters

first
Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>
The sequence to check.
second
Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>
The sequence to compare to.

Type Parameters

T
Type of elements.

Return Value

Type: Boolean
true if first begins with elements equivalent to second.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerable<T>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).
Remarks
This is the IEnumerable<T> equivalent of StartsWith(String) and it calls Equals(T, T) using Default on pairs of elements at the same index.
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