Write a function named beginsWith () that computes how many strings in a list of strings begin with

a specified letter.

The function beginsWith () takes two parameters:

1. letter, a string of length 1

2. strList, a list of 0 or more strings

The function beginsWith () should return an integer that is the number of strings in strList that begin

with letter.

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Paxton Schneider

27 October, 07:18

Write a function named beginsWith () that computes how many strings in a list of strings begin with

a specified letter.

The function beginsWith () takes two parameters:

1. letter, a string of length 1

2. strList, a list of 0 or more strings

The function beginsWith () should return an integer that is the number of strings in strList that begin

with letter.

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Gretchen Cruz · Answer 1

It's php I guess. So I suggest you to try this^

function beginWith ($haystack, $needle, $case = true) {

if ($case) {

return (strcmp (substr ($haystack, 0, strlen ($needle)), $needle) = = = 0);

}

return (strcasecmp (substr ($haystack, 0, strlen ($needle)), $needle) = = = 0);

}