starts_with

Description

Tests if one string starts_with another string

Syntax

<string1> starts_with <string2>

<string1> starts_with <string2>

  • Tests if string1 starts with string2.

Equivalent to the TCL string match command:
string match string2* string1

Examples

when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if { [HTTP::path] ends_with "cgi" } {
     pool cgi_pool
  } elseif { [HTTP::path] starts_with "/abc" } {
     pool abc_servers
 }
}