RegEx to find if a given string starts with a specific string with C#

Question

i have a string of html:

 "<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC ......"

or

"<body> ..........</body>"

I want to check if my string starts with "<!DOCTYPE".

Thanks in advance!

@Avinash Why would you want to match the whole document (`.*`), if you only try to verify the start of the string? — Mario, Sep 09 '14 at 09:01
RegEx and HTML... [you should think again about that approach](http://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/1336590). — Corak, Sep 09 '14 at 09:05
Thanks guys. i have to think it different.StartsWith is working fine. — Giannis Grivas, Sep 09 '14 at 09:11

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '14 at 08:58

4

from the problem you describe a simple string StartsWith should do the trick http://www.dotnetperls.com/startswith

answered Sep 09 '14 at 08:58

Moshe Eshel

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '14 at 08:59

3

Just use .StartsWith against your string object.

answered Sep 09 '14 at 08:59

kidshaw

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